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Descriptive Summary
Title:
Gentili - Barnabei Archive
ca. 1660-ca. 1920
Collection number:
Accession no. 880209
Collector:
Barnabei, Felice, 1842-1922
Extent:
ca. 275 items
: Manuscripts; pencil and ink drawings; prints.
Abstract:
Principally records relating to the production and decoration of ceramics, especially majolica, by three generations of the Gentili family, ca. 1650-ca. 1813. Included are some 19th and 20th century papers of Barnabei and his family relating to the history of potters in Castelli. The archive was formerly owned by historian Felice Barnabei.
Languages:
Italian,
and English.
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