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  Jameel Prize: Poetry to Politics

  Dr Tristram Hunt, Director of the V&A (Chair) Alice Rawsthorn, design critic and author Sultan Sooud…
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  The influence of East Asian lacquer on European furniture

  British japanned bureau-cabinets and suites of chairs were exported to Europe, especially Spain, Portugal…
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  How Arts and Crafts influenced fashion

  collaborated with rural workers to produce, for example, hand-woven rugs or rush-seat, ladder-back chairs…
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  'Heads and Tales' by Aage Thaarup

  The black and white matting on the floor, the chromium chairs?…
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  The art of the ocean liner travel poster

  This bird's-eye view design cleverly incorporates a game of rope quoits for the letter O and a deck-chair…
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  'With Tongue in Chic' by Ernestine Carter

  world of hierarchical difference between an armchair (later supplanted by two canapés) and a gilt chair…
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  Wallpaper: health and cleanliness

  to a height of three feet because it protects "delicately-tinted paperhangings" from "contact with chairs…
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  An introduction to the Aesthetic Movement

  Morris, with a feeling for natural ornament and harmonious colour, these designers aimed to produce chairs…
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  Christmas tree installations

  Helen also referenced a Victorian chair by H.F.C.…
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  The Baroque style

  Sculpture was sent from the Philippines to Mexico and Spain, whilst London-made chairs went all over…
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  Jameel Prize 3

  A panel of judges, chaired by V&A Director, Martin Roth, selected the shortlist of ten artists and…
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  Furnishing the aesthetic home

  rather than raised decorations, straight or only slightly curved legs, light frames for small tables and chairs…
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  Inside the Baroque palace

  also introduced types of furniture still used today, including desks and upholstered sofas and easy chairs…
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  'King of Fashion' by Paul Poiret

  All the vendeuses rose with one movement, the chairs were ranged along the wall, as if for a revue, and…
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  A history of shopping for wallpaper

  In Norwich, Samuel Best advertised his new business as "Cabinet and Chair Manufacturer, Plain and Ornamental…
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  Women's tie-on pockets

  Ever versatile, they could be put on and off at will, popped in a drawer or hung on a chair.…
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  Jameel Prize 2009

  THE JUDGES The panel of judges was chaired by Mark Jones, Former Director of the V&A.…
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  Embroidery – a history of needlework samplers

  fashionable Berlin woolwork are typical of mid-19th-century embroidery, which was used to make striking chair…
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  The wonderful world of Whistler

  Chairs in the midst of being repaired can be seen hanging from the ceiling inside.…
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  Provenance and restitution: the Emma Budge Collection

  In the UK, it was the then director of the V&A, Alan Borg, who, in his capacity as Chair of the National…