loan collection

noun

1. a number of works of art lent by their owners for a temporary public exhibition

Example Sentences

A typical example is the ciborium and chalice belonging to the South Kensington loan collection.

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Opposite this room, in another room, was a “Burlesque Loan Collection,” and this attracted quite as much attention.

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Catalogue of loan collection of works of art at South Kensington Museum, 1862.

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Some of these have been exhibited in the Loan Collection in Boston.

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Catalogue of loan collection of ancient and modern jewellery and personal ornaments.

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