V&A : the Victoria and Albert Museum / Lucy Trench ; with an introduction by Mark Jones

Author:: Trench, Lucy
Additional Titles:: Victoria & Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
Published:: London : V&A Pub., 2010.
Physical Description:: 144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Additional Creators:: Jones, Mark, 1951-

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A people's palace / Mark Jones -- The V&A today -- The great exhibition -- The rare, the old and the beautiful -- William Morris -- Islamic pattern and design reform -- Marie Antoinette and the military tailor -- The salting bequest -- Pedigree and provenance -- Saved! -- Family favourites -- Being British -- Two queens : Elizabeth and Mary -- Celebrity -- Court ritual -- Faith incarnate -- Magic powers -- Cradle to grave -- thinking on paper -- Thinking in 3-D -- Art and craft -- A world of design -- Sitting on air -- Radical Britain -- Refugee status -- Chinese whispers -- 1,637 teapots -- Out of the sands of time -- Story and status -- All that glisters -- Man of fashion -- High society -- Street style -- A designer's treasure trove -- European masterpieces -- A national gallery of British art -- The art of Limning -- The national art library -- Home and abroad -- Camera and camera-less -- Marketing design -- Design for performance -- To have and to hold -- Beasts, saints and heroes -- Ar the court of the 'Great Mogul' -- Indomania -- Inside the mosque -- Imperial China -- Workshop of the world -- The Mazarin chest -- West meets East -- Africa -- Childhood.

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9781851775088 (hbk.)
1851775080 (hbk.)

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Includes bibliographical references (page 136) and index.

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