Loans to Exhibitions
We assist with international museum exhibitions by making loans from our inventory. Museums we have assisted include:
- The Victoria & Albert Museum, London (A W N Pugin Exhibition, 1991)
- The City of Oudenaarde (Oudenaarde Tapestry Exhibition, 1999)
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Vermeer and the Delft School Exhibition, 2001)
- The Art Institute of Chicago (The Case for Wine Exhibition, 2009)
- National Museum – Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (Medieval and Renaissance Tapestry in Europe: History Woven in Threads Exhibition, 2014)
- The Art Institute of Chicago (Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840 Exhibition, 2015 )
Services to Museums
The gallery provides free appraisals, based on the most up to date market information, especially for inter-museum loans. We frequently represent international museums at auction. Works have been aquired for, among others:
- The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- The National Museum of Wales
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Rijksmuseum
Photo Library
The policy of Franses Images is to provide free copyright images from our photo library for any scholarly books or articles. The number of images that have been published is too extensive to list.
Research Archive
The Franses Archive has provided free research information to museums and scholars since its foundation in 1987.
Gifts to Museums
The Gallery has made a number of gifts to museums to fill gaps in their collections. This includes a Marion Dorn rug from the 1930’s to The Art Institute, Chicago and two pieces to The Victoria and Albert Museum – The Crossley Mosaic, a double-sided carpet panel, one of the largest made:
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O353643/carpet-john-crossley-sons/ .
– and “Artichoke,” a carpet sample by William Morris produced between 1875-1880:
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O89263/artichoke-carpet-sample-morris-william/