Room 52a: Britain Discovery Area
In this Discovery Area, you have the opportunity to try on a hoop or tie a cravat and even attempt to put together a Rococo or Palladian picture frame. There is also information here to help you discover the differences between the two styles. Another option here is a guessing game with several unusual objects for you to identify. Finally, there are computer interactives giving you the opportunity to design your own monogram. Examples of objects such as jugs, spoons and lockets, decorated with monograms from the period are also on display here.
Room 52a is on Level 2 of the V&A South Kensington.
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Wed 22 February 2012 13:00
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Join V&A curator Joanna Norman as she discusses some of the objects featured in the BBC Handmade in Britain programmes, looking at how and why they were made, and what they say about the social and cultural context in which we have lived in the past and continue to live today.
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