The Metalwork collection contains over 45,000 examples of decorative metalwork, silver and jewellery ranging in date from the Bronze Age to the present day. It includes the national collection of English silver, an outstandingly comprehensive jewellery gallery, and collections of ironwork, continental silver, arms and armour, medieval champlevé and late 19th-century enamels, brasswork, pewter and medieval metalwork of international importance.
Beautifully Bitten: Acid-etched Metal in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe
4 July 2010 – 30 June 2013. This small display brings together a selection of 11 metalwork objects etched with acid and includes weapons, locks and tools.
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Metalwork in the Archive of Art & Design
The Archive of Art and Design's holdings for metalwork offer an insight into its use in an everyday setting. There are presentation drawings of hand-forged wrought iron gat…
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Metalwork Decoration Techniques
Metalworking decoration techniques explained with examples from the V&A's collection.
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V&A Members enjoy a wealth of benefits, including free entry to exhibitions, previews, exciting events and the V&A Members’ Room. In addition, you will be supporting the vital work of the V&A.
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Japanese Art and Design (New Edition)
The V&A's greatest treasures from the Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art shine in this newly updated overview of Japanese art from the last four cent…
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Wed 19 September 2012–Wed 10 July 2013
YEAR COURSE: Study the art, architecture and decorative arts of Europe from the High Renaissance to Baroque focussing on Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands and England.
Wednesdays, 19 September 2012 – 10 July 2013 (over 3 terms), 11.00–15.30
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