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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.
    Physical Location: Request access to the physical materials described in this inventory through the catalog record  for this collection. Click here for the access policy .
    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