Style Guide: Regency Classicism
Classicism was the most fashionable style in Britain during the Regency period. Forms and motifs from ancient Greece and Rome were the basis of the style.
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Thomas Hope & the Regency style
Thomas Hope (1769–1831) was influential as a designer, design reformer and collector. He was a collector on a grand scale and also an innovative designer of great genius wh…
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Room 120: Beckford, Hope & Regency Classicism
The Wolfson Galleries feature several personalities who influenced art and design in the early 19th century. Among them are William Beckford, the collector and Thomas Hope,…
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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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Ties
This fascinating account of the development of the necktie from the 1670s to the present draws on contemporary pictorial as well as written sources an…
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Wed 10 July 2013 18:00
Mallett is one of the oldest established antiques dealers in the world, specialising in the finest pieces of furniture and works of art, primarily from the eighteenth century and Regency periods.
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