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  The arts of the Mughal Empire

  far the influence of court art had spread.…
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  William Kent: designing Georgian Britain

  From 1709 to 1719 he studied in Rome, copying Old Master paintings and learning the techniques of etching…
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  An A–Z of Ceramics

  Like the Chinese, the Meissen factory hoped to keep the secret to themselves, but industrial espionage…
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  The influence of East Asian lacquer on European furniture

  Like the Japanese makers, the Chinese were quick to adapt to the demands of the European market.…
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  Transcript – Salon III: Europe through non-European Eyes

  Inside and outside of Qianlong’s court, the eighteenth century in China is a century of Eurasian objects…
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  Design for a vaulted ceiling by Vincenzo Brenna

  and elegantly drawn design was executed by the Italian architect, interior decorator and decorative painter…
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  Japan's encounter with Europe, 1573 – 1853

  In 1543 a Portuguese ship was blown off course by a typhoon, shipwrecking the sailors on the island of…
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  The Baroque style

  A defining characteristic of the Baroque style was the way in which the visual arts of painting, sculpture…
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  A brief history of wallpaper

  hung in the Privy Council offices, Whitehall, around 1735, and in the Queen's Drawing Room in Hampton Court…
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  Owen Jones and the Grammar of Ornament

  Joint Director of Decoration of the Crystal Palace, designed the Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Alhambra Courts…
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  Embroidery styles: an illustrated guide

  Counted-thread Counted-thread (or simply 'counted') embroidery describes all forms made using a predetermined…
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  An introduction to the Aesthetic Movement

  Godwin and Christopher Dresser; and the 'Olympians', the painters of grand classical subjects who belonged…
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  Meissen's King Vulture

  Meissen factory (the first European factory to succeed in the manufacture of 'true', or hard-paste Chinese…
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  Building the Museum

  He divided the area into two separate courts.…
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  Hanbok – traditional Korean dress

  In 668 AD, Silla, one of the three kingdoms on the Korean peninsula, enlisted the help of the Chinese…
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  V&A trail: Explore as a family

  Where to goTo begin your adventure, head to the Cast Courts, Room 46a.…
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  Inside the Baroque palace

  From a series representing Louis XIV's royal residences, the foreground demonstrates the luxury of court…
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  Indian textiles

  In the 17th century, the finest Gujarati ari (hook) embroidery was highly prized by both the Mughal court…
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  Everything you need to know about Lee Miller

  She returned to New York in 1926 to continue her theatre studies, and later in life, drawing and painting…
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  Transcript – Salon I: Where was Europe?

  A space of civilisation, of court society, in which to paraphrase Greenblack “there are hardly any wounded…