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Clothworkers': Hanging

By William Newton, Collections Management Assistant, Clothworkers' Centre for Textiles and Fashion Study and Conservation. If an item of dress is deemed sturdy enough, it is hung. More than four-thousand objects from the V&A’s fashion collection are stored on a hanger, which is essential for the management of our storage space. As the poet Ben Jonson realised, more (person-shaped)...
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A few items looking far happier at Blythe House

Inspirational Collectors: Anne and Fernand Renier

By Frances Willis, Acting Frederick Warne Curator of Children’s Literature. Since 1967, the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) has chosen Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday, 2 April to call attention to children’s books and to publicise and celebrate a love of reading worldwide. It seems therefore an apt time to consider the value for scholars and those who...
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The Renier Collection, Blythe House, V&A Museum
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