Chinese furniture & woodwork reading list
Berliner, Nancy & Handler, Sarah, Friends of the House: Furniture from China's Towns and Villages. Boston, 1995. ISBN. 0 88389 134 4
Clunas, Craig, Chinese Furniture. V&A/Bamboo Publishing, 1992. Masterpieces from the V&A collection. ISBN. 1 85177 239 1
Ecke, Gustav, Chinese Domestic Furniture. Charles E Tuttle, 1962. ISBN. 9053 4938 16
Ellsworth, Robert, Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasties. Collins, 1970. ISBN. 0 00 435020 0
Ruitenbeek, Klaas, Carpentry and Building in Late Imperial China. Leiden, 1996. ISBN. 9 004 092587
Tian, Jiaqing, Classic Chinese Furniture of the Qing Dynasty. London, 1996. ISBN. 0 85667 465 6
Wang, Shixiang, Classic Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties. Hanshan Tang, Hong Kong, 1986. ISBN. 962 040 4637
Wang, Shixiang Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture. Art Media, Chicago, 1990. Two volumes. ISBN. 1878 5290 13
Wang, Shixiang & Evarts, Curtis Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture. San Francisco, 1995. ISBN. 188 366 2028
Wu Bruce, Grace, Chinese Classical Furniture. Oxford University Press, 1995. ISBN. 0195 858 182
Wu Bruce, Grace & Yip, Shing Yiu, The Dr S.Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture. Hong Kong, 1991. ISBN. 9627 101 192
Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950
From 19 May 2012 the V&A celebrates the opening of the newly renovated Fashion Galleries with an exhibition of beautiful ballgowns, red carpet evening dresses and catwalk showstoppers.
Book nowEvent - Form, Fashion, Function: A Concise History of Furniture
Thu 24 January 2013 10:30

SHORT COURSE: Explore the fascinating history of European furniture, using objects, resources and expertise featured in the V&A’s new furniture gallery.
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