Introduction to Indian textiles
Indian textiles have a long and distinguished history. The technique of mordant dyeing, which gives intense colours…
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Collecting Indian textiles at the V&A
The V&A's Indian collections have their origins in the East India Company's Museum, or Oriental Repository, founded…
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Consuming Indian textiles
Indian textiles were valued for a variety of reasons in 19th-century Britain. They were prized as symbolic trophies…
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Circulating Indian textiles
While recent histories have emphasised the role of imperial authority in shaping the V&A's South Asian collections,…
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Indian textiles & Empire: Caspar Purdon Clarke
Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke (1846-1911) was an architect, archaeologist and museum director. In 1882 he was sent to In…
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Indian textiles & Empire: John Forbes Watson
John Forbes Watson's (1827-1892) idea for 'portable industrial museums', led to the publication of The Collections …
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Indian textiles & Empire: Owen Jones
The 1852 Great Exhibition, held in London's Hyde Park, was the first of a series of international exhibitions to be…
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Obituaries of John Conran Irwin
John Irwin (1917–97) helped to transform scholarly understanding of the Indo-European textile trade and of the interchange of design ideas between East and West. He joined the Victoria & Albert Museum as Assistant Keeper of the Indian section at the end of WWII and became Keeper in1959. In 1970 he became head of a new Oriental Department that combined the Indian and Far East collections.
Owen Jones and the V&A Collections
The sparsity of serious historical attention given to Jones is surprising, considering his role in the history of the decorative arts, design education, and the development of the South Kensington Museum, the continuing success of some of his designs, and continuing sales of 'The Grammar of Ornament'.
Interview with Sophie Roet, woven textile designer & innovator of luxury fabric
Sophie Roet is one of Europe's foremost creative woven textile designers and innovators of luxury fabrics. Her original textile pieces are held in collections worldwide including the permanent collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Berlin Technik Museum and the Textile Arts Gallery in New Mexico.
Resist-dyed textiles
Resist-dyeing is a widely used method of applying colours or patterns to fabric. Resist dye techniques include tie-dyeing and applied resist.
1960s textile designers
Textile designers from the 1960s with a brief history, background and information on each.
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 - Flamenco Virtuoso
Fri 01 June 2012 20:00
LIVE MUSIC: Join us for an exhilarating performance by Eduardo Niebla, one of the most acclaimed artists in flamenco jazz fusion. Accompanied by Matthew Robinson on guitar and Dharmesh Parmar on Indian tabla, Eduardo will demonstrate the versatility of his style and power of his guitar.
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