The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert collection
The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection of gold, silver, mosaics, gold boxes and enamel portrait miniatures was g…
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The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert collection: Silver
The silver in the Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection is diverse, both in terms of the periods and geography cove…
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The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert collection: Portrait miniatures
Portrait miniatures in enamel form the smallest part of the Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert collection, but though they …
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The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert collection: Gold boxes
There are over 200 gold boxes in the Gilbert Collection, most of which were made as containers for snuff. Included …
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Development of the gold, silver and mosaics galleries, 2009
In 2009 a generous donation and endowment from the Heather Trust allowed the V&A to re-display the Gilbert Collecti…
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Four Masterpieces of Sacred Silver from the Gilbert Collection
2 April 2012 – 31 May 2013. This display shows the exquisite craftsmanship and sense of beauty of Antwerp makers from the Baroque to the Neo-classical.
Obituary of Arthur Wheen
Arthur Wheen (1897–1971) was an art historian and translator who joined the Library of the Victoria and Albert Museum (now the National Art Library) in 1924. He became Keeper in 1939 and increased the Library’s collections by tracking down publications in East European and Oriental languages, especially Chinese and Japanese.
Room 111: The Gilbert Bayes Sculpture Gallery
The Gilbert Bayes Gallery is devoted to the making of sculpture. It charts the creative process from the first idea through all the intermediate stages to the finished object.
National Art Library Forster collection
John Forster (1812–76) was a noted biographer, critic, essayist and historian who collected a vast library. He bequeathed this collection to his wife and on her death it passed to the South Kensington Museum (renamed the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1899).
The V&A silver collections
The beauty, lustre and intrinsic value of silver have made it an object of admiration and aspiration for centuries. The Victoria and Albert Museum has more English silver and a greater range of objects than any other public collection worldwide.
British Design 1948–2012: Innovation in the Modern Age
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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The Gilbert Collection at the V&A
This book accompanies the spectacular collection of the Gilbert Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum
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Thu 21 June 2012 13:00
GALLERY TALKS: Join Tessa Murdoch on a tour of Huguenot silver which includes work marked by first generation refugee goldsmith Pierre Platel and his former apprentice Paul de Lamerie whose customers included the Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole.
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