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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Kitchen clock, by Max Bill, 1956
This kitchen clock, which incorporates a mechanical timer, was designed by Max Bill whilst director of the Hochschu…
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Caring for your metalwork
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Church metalwork
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David Martin Currie
David Martin Currie was a wealthy shipowner who loaned numerous objects (including ceramics, manuscripts, metalwork and woodwork) to the Museum between 1887 and 1920. On his death, the objects exhibited on loan became part of the permanent collection.
Lt-Col George Babington Croft Lyons
George Babington Croft Lyons was an antiquary and collector who loaned, and later bequeathed, 978 objects (ceramics, sculpture, metalwork (particularly silver and pewter), textiles and woodwork) and 391 photographic negatives to the Museum.
Emile Peyre
Emile Peyre was a notable Parisian collector of medieval and renaissance artefacts. In 1895 the South Kensington Museum bought over 300 pieces of furniture and woodwork from him, as well as sculpture and metalwork.
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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Korean Art and Design
This highly illustrated book covers objects from the 5th-century AD to the present day and includes fine examples of ceramics, metalwork, furniture and lacquer, textiles and contemporary crafts.
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Fri 16 September 2011–Fri 13 July 2012
COURSE: Explore the visual arts of the Medieval period through the V&A’s abundant medieval collections, including architecture and sculpture, metalwork and enamels, silks and embroidery, ivory carving and manuscript illumination, wall painting and mosaic. You can book the full year course, or select individual terms or days. Fridays, 16 September 2011 – 13 July 2012 (over 3 terms)
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