The Luck of Edenhall: history & myths
This famous glass, known as the 'Luck of Edenhall' for at least 230 years, is a beaker with flaring rim decorated i…
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Caring for your glass
This section contains Information and advice on how to look after glass. It highlights common problems, tells you w…
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Cracking Crizzling - Eight Years of Collaborative Research
For seven years, the Conservation Department of the V& A has collaborated with the Department of Materials at I…
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Teachers' resource: Glass
An online resource for primary and secondary school teachers showing how the V&A glass galleries can be used to sup…
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Making a stained glass panel
The panel being made in this video is a replica of a piece of stained glass from around 1375. The original panel once formed part of the scene of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, a single element of a large window dedicated to the Passion of Christ.
Islamic ceramics & glass reading list
Recommended reading on Islamic ceramics and glass
German and Swiss stained glass 1470–1510
Lukas Zeiner was a glass painter and glazier. He is recorded in the town records of Zurich between 1479 and 1512. Zeiner was a leading glass artist in the field of heraldic painting. His style featured a coat of arms with supporters within an elaborate canopy ...
Stained glass from Mariawald Abbey
Mariawald Abbey in Germany was built between 1480 and 1539. Though cloisters are usually open at the sides, the cloister at Mariawald Abbey had glass windows made of clear and coloured glass with painted and stained scenes from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.
Stained Glass Appeal
We need your help to raise £75,000 to conserve and re-install William Bell Scott's original stained glass on the landings of the Manfred and Lydia Gorvy Lecture Theatre
Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950
From 19 May 2012 the V&A celebrates the opening of the newly renovated Fashion Galleries with an exhibition of beautiful ballgowns, red carpet evening dresses and catwalk showstoppers.
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Looking at Glass: A Guide to Terms, Styles and Techniques
An essential guide to glass and its production offering definitions and descriptions of a wide range of glass terminology.
Buy nowEvent - British Design 1948-2012:
Sat 31 March 2012–Sun 12 August 2012
EXHIBITION: Celebrate the best of British post-war art and design from the 1948 ‘austerity’ games to the
summer of 2012. The exhibition highlights significant moments in the history of British design and how the country continues to nurture artistic talent and be a world leader in creativity and design.
