Room 122c: Furniture, Technological Innovations
Room 122c looks at the impact of technological change on product design and manufacturing in the Victorian age. In the textile industry, the invention of the Jacquard loom allowed complex patterns to be woven automatically, while synthetic dyes offered bright new colours to customers. Many of the new techniques were initially used to imitate expensive materials or skilled handiwork. For example, machine-pressed glass could imitate cut glass, while electroplating gave the effect of silver at a lower cost.
Room 122c is on Level 4 of the V&A South Kensington.
Objects you can find in this gallery:Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton
8 February – 22 April 2012
Featuring portraits of Queen Elizabeth II by royal photographer Cecil Beaton, this exhibition celebrates Her Majesty in her roles as princess, monarch and mother and coincides with the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
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Antelope Chair - Race Furniture for the V&A
The V&A Shop is delighted to announce its exclusive collaboration with Race Furniture on the reissue of the Antelope Chair in its original Festival of Britain yellow.
Buy nowEvent - Rivals and Revivals: Furniture in Europe and America, 1800-1900
Thu 01 March 2012 13:00
GALLERY TALK: Learn how trade and industrialisation brought unprecedented wealth to Europe and the United States in the nineteenth century. This tour of furniture will reveal how rivalry between emerging empires and nation states provoked an interest in reviving historical 'national' styles of furniture, and how new technologies and materials were also exploited.
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