Touring exhibition: Princely Treasures

European Masterpieces 1600-1800 from the Victoria and Albert Museum

Exhibition available to hire

This exhibition, timed to coincide with the major redevelopment of the V&A's European 1600-1800 galleries, features approximately 80 highlights from the V&A's magnificent collections of decorative art. The exhibition showcases the variety and splendour of these collections through a series of themes, encapsulating important aspects of courtly life in Europe, including power, patronage, taste and fashion. It offers a unique opportunity to view these objects, some of which have never previously travelled outside the V&A, before they are redisplayed in the new suite of galleries from 2014.

Size: Approx 500-600m²
Available from Spring 2012

For further information about this exhibition please contact touringexhibitions@vam.ac.uk

Cabinet-on-stand, Pierre Gole

Cabinet-on-stand, Pierre Gole, Paris, 1661-65, veneered in ivory and tortoiseshell, with marquetry of various woods and green-stained bone, ebony mouldings and brass mounts, on a pine carcase, with walnut drawers. Museum no. W.38:1 to 3-1983

Snuffbox

Snuffbox presented by Frederick the Great to his brother August Wilhelm, Berlin, c.1755 Loan.Gilbert:412-2008 © V&A Images/The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Waistcoat

Waistcoat, England, textile, 1730s, 252-1906 © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum

Portrait miniature

Portrait miniature (possibly Mme. De Montespan), maker unknown, 1690, gouache on vellum, heightened with gold and silver. Museum no. P.39-1987

Pair of flintlock pistols, Jean Baptiste La Roche

Pair of flintlock pistols, Jean Baptiste La Roche, Paris, 1750-1760. Museum no. 2243&A-1855

Watch, Nicolas Bernard

Watch, Nicolas Bernard, Paris, 1640-50, gold case decorated in painted enamel, gilt-metal, brass and blued steel movement. Museum no. 2359-1855

Quilted chintz palampore, maker unknown

Quilted chintz palampore, maker unknown, Coromandel Coast, India, about 1700-50, cotton, mordant-dyed and resist-dyed; wadded with cotton and quilted; lined with plain white cotton. Museum no. IS.17-1976

Monstrance, Johann Zeck

Monstrance, Johann Zeckl, Augsburg, Germany, 1705, silver and silver-gilt, given by W. L. Hildburgh. Museum no. M.3-1952