Room 188a: The Garricks
Room 118a looks at the impact of new eating and drinking habits in the 18th century, the development of trade with the East Indies as well as new skills and techniques in textile printing. Interesting personalities featured here include Horace Walpole and Thomas Chippendale. Also represented here are the fascinating couple, actor David Garrick and his wife the dancer, Eva Maria Viegel. Among the obvious 'leaders of taste' in this period, the Garricks' properties were improved by the architect Robert Adam and furnished by the cabinet maker Thomas Chippendale.
Room 118a is on Level 4 of the V&A South Kensington.
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31 March–12 August 2012
Showcasing over 300 British design objects, this exhibition celebrates the best of British post-war art and design from the 1948 ‘Austerity Games' to the summer of 2012.
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A delightful tour of the rooms the Italian Renaissance house, published for the V&A's At Home in Renaissance Italy exhibition, opening in October
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Fri 01 October 2010–Fri 13 July 2012
PERFORMANCE: Free concerts by musicians from the Royal College of Music are performed on selected Friday evenings in the beautiful setting of the Norfolk House Music Room, from 18.30 – 19.30.
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