Room 5: Rococo & Neo-Classicism, Europe 1700-1800
Madame Serilly's cabinet, Jean, Jean-Simeon Rousseau de la Rottière, Pairs, France, 1778. Museum no. 1736 to E-1869
Room 5 will be closed from the 6 April 2011 and will re-open in winter 2014 following a major refurbishment. The space is being redeveloped to show European decorative art and design between 1600 - 1800.
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Death and Art: Europe 1200-1530
In Medieval and Renaissance Europe, where life expectancy was under forty and the Church taught that, after dying, the soul faced a terrifying and unc…
Buy nowEvent - Introducing Thomas Chippendale
Sat 11 May 2013 14:00
SEMINAR: Thomas Chippendale is arguably the most famous figure in the history of British furniture, a master of the Rococo and Neo-Classical styles.
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