The Arts & Crafts Movement
The Arts and Crafts Movement was one of the most influential, profound and far-reaching design movements of modern …
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Victorian furniture styles
This page describes various different Victorian styles of furniture. The styles vary and include Japanese designs, …
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Room 125: Morris, Dresser & Mackintosh
This Edwin and Susan Davies Gallery looks at the different styles which prevailed in the late 19th century. These i…
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A Morris and De Morgan tile-panel
The early commissions of Morris and Company for decorative work at St James Palace (1865-67), the Green Dining-Room…
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International Arts & Crafts reading list
Reading list with recommended publications about Arts & Crafts design.
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Regional knitting in the British Isles & Ireland
A number of areas in the British Isles and Ireland have their own distinctive style of knitting or a particular garment for which they are known.
Needlework patterns, home craft & women’s magazines in the 1920s and 1930s
In the interwar period 1918-1939, magazine home craft helped the spread of handcraft and supported women in realising their ideas, values, experiences, and fantasies in unique ways.
Teachers' resource: Japanese art & design
This resource introduces teachers to the Japan gallery (Room 45). It shows ways to use the gallery to teach Art & Design and Design & Technology at all National Curriculum Key Stages through a number of themes.
Japanese crafts: arms and armour
The samurai's interest in fine armour arose from their desire to appear with as much prestige and status as they could on their way to and from court.
V&A & Crafts Council partnership
Working collaboratively, the V&A and the Crafts Council will present a programme of contemporary crafts activities which will play a key role in bringing contemporary craft to a much wider audience.
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A gift in your will
You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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Event - Craft Club at the V&A
Tue 14 February 2012–Fri 17 February 2012
Join the Crafts Council for a free drop-in crafts skills bonanza.
