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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Gentili - Barnabei archive
Creator:
Barnabei, Felice, 1842-1922
Creator:
Gentili, Berardino
Creator:
Gentili, Berardino
Creator:
Gentili, Carmine
Creator:
Gentili, Giacomo
Identifier/Call Number: 880209
Physical Description:
275 items
Date (inclusive): circa 1660-circa 1920
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.
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Language of Material: Collection material is in Italian and English.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection, formerly owned by the historian Felice Barnabei, consists principally of records relating to the production
and decoration of ceramics, especially majolica, by three generations of the Gentili family --Bernardino II (d. 1683); Bernardino's
son Carmine (1678-1763); and Carmine's sons, Giacomo II (1717-1765) and Ber[n]ardino III (1727-1813). Included are design
drawings, pounced drawings, and prints and pounced prints of subjects for the decoration of ceramics. The archive also contains
reports and agreements relating to the manufacture of pottery in the town of Castelli (Teramo), with lists of pieces made
and objects sold.
Some Gentili family records, as well as Barnabei papers from the early 20th century, and Barnabei family papers from the late
19th century, relate to the traditions and history of the potters of Castelli.
Each item in the archive is numbered. One file holds typed transcriptions of some documents (21 pp.).
Note: the inventory, as translated by Catherine Hess (curator, J. Paul Getty Museum), has been used in processing this collection.
Biographical/Historical Note
Members of the Gentili family were, for more than three centuries, potters in Castelli, and painters of majolica ceramics,
circa 1650-circa 1813.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1988.
Preferred Citation
Gentili - Barnabei archive ca. 1660-ca. 1920, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 880209.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa880209
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Prints
Pottery, Italian
Design drawings
Majolica -- 17th century -- Italy -- Castelli
Majolica -- 18th century -- Italy -- Castelli