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  The story of theatre

  When the lease on the land at their playhouse, The Theatre, in Shoreditch ran out, the company decided…
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  A Surrealist sofa by Salvador Dalí and Edward James

  Discover the fascinating provenance of this iconic Surrealist sofa
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  Frederick Hollyer – Life and Work

  Here, Hollyer made photographic reproductions of paintings by Leighton, Watts, Edward Burne-Jones (1833…
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  William Morris: literature and book design

  book was a collaborative effort, with poems and calligraphy by Morris and figurative decoration by Edward…
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  About the Ocean Liners: Speed and Style exhibition

  Gleizes, Charles Demuth, Eileen Gray and Le Corbusier – and reveal the largely forgotten history of leading…
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  The world's first museum café

  Described as 'hideously ugly' by a leading newspaper, it was a temporary structure to the east of the…
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  Arts and Crafts: design for the home

  In 1893 Gimson and Sidney Barnsley persuaded Ernest to leave his accelerating architectural career to…
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  A grand entrance on Cromwell Road

  Webb's initial suggestions for exterior decorative sculpture on the façade were extensive: King Edward…
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  Philip Webb: a new vision for domestic space

  Trained as an architect, he became a junior assistant in the offices of George Edmund Street, a leading…
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  Fabergé: The Sandringham commission

  King Edward took great pleasure from stockbreeding and Sandringham gave him the scope to pursue his interest…
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  A curious trail of architecture at the V&A in 10 objects

  If you stand in front of the doors that lead into the cafe, you are standing at the original front door…
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  The ‘Dan Brown effect’: Venus-mania from the Olympians to the Expressionists

  colleague mentioned that she had spotted a representation of Venus on the half-shell in the corridor leading…
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  About the NAOMI: In Fashion exhibition

  mass entertainment and Campbell was at the centre of this excitement, her talents being championed by leading…
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  1960s accessories

  Hat by Edward MannThis wide-brimmed woman's hat in black felt is by high-fashion London milliner Edward…
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  'Heads and Tales' by Aage Thaarup

  Naturally, if a customer leaves herself in my hands, I feel a duty to do my very best.…
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  A short history of the poster

  Bradley and Edward Penfield, both very much inspired by the clean and sinuous lines of the British artist…
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  The Bagshot Park side chair

  side chair, designed for the billiard room at Bagshot Park (royal residence and current home of Prince Edward…
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  Medieval mythologies

  which was created to protect a wax impression of the Great Seal attached to a royal charter issued by Edward…
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  Surrealism and design

  Escaping the bounds of a radical avant-garde art movement, the leading Surrealist artists often worked…
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  Madeleine Vionnet – an introduction

  Her couture skills were recorded by the most important photographers of the time: Edward Steichen (1879…