Van Tilburg Collection
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The Van Tilburg Collection is a permanent museum that comprises 17th and 18th century furniture
, paintings, Delft
ceramics
and other works of art
, and includes the largest South African collection of Chinese ceramic
objects, of which the oldest date from the Chin Dynasty (221–206 BC).
Furniture
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...
, paintings, Delft
Delft
Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland , the Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague....
ceramics
Ceramics (art)
In art history, ceramics and ceramic art mean art objects such as figures, tiles, and tableware made from clay and other raw materials by the process of pottery. Some ceramic products are regarded as fine art, while others are regarded as decorative, industrial or applied art objects, or as...
and other works of art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, and includes the largest South African collection of Chinese ceramic
Ceramic
A ceramic is an inorganic, nonmetallic solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent cooling. Ceramic materials may have a crystalline or partly crystalline structure, or may be amorphous...
objects, of which the oldest date from the Chin Dynasty (221–206 BC).