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  Ashley Havinden and the 'Britain Can Make It' poster

  the Future, designed by Basil Spence, and another 'Mr Designer' emblem with large eye, designed by James…
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  Groom wear

  In 1995, we acquired a suit made for King James II to wear at his wedding to Mary of Modena.…
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  History of the John Madejski Garden

  Discover the design story of the John Madejski Garden – known to many as the heart of the V&A
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  Robin Hood Gardens

  Discover the history of Robin Hood Gardens – a defining example of Brutalist architecture and social housing, as a three-storey section is acquired by the V&A
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  Sir Paul Pindar's House

  a jettied timber-frame building, with an impressive street façade of three and a half storeys and a garden…
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  James 'Athenian' Stuart

  Meet the pioneer of Neoclassicism
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  William Morris and wallpaper design

  'Sunflower' or 'St James's Ceiling').…
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  Opera engravings, caricatures, and prints

  Versailles had no theatre, so temporary stages were set up around the palace and in the gardens.…
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  The story of pantomime

  In 1732 John Rich, the most notable early Harlequin who danced but never spoke, built Covent Garden Theatre…
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  About the Known & Strange display

  Graham, Susan Meiselas, Maurizio Anzeri, Tom Lovelace, Pierre Cordier, Klea McKenna, Donna Ruff and James…
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  Nicholas Hilliard – An introduction

  Sir Christopher Hatton, is depicted in his state robes, adorned with the collar of the Order of the Garter…
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  The Luck of Edenhall

  In James Ralph's 1729 collection of poetry called Miscellaneous Poems by Several Hands, the Luck is described…
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  Grinling Gibbons – an introduction

  Watson's drawings of Gibbons' carving at St James Piccadilly, show that Watson made a point of studying…
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  A history of puppets in Britain

  England in 1662 by the famous diarist Samuel Pepys when he saw him as a marionette, operated in Covent Garden…
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  V&A trail: Out in the museum

  Stop 4: Evening dress, by Charles James and Jean Cocteau, 1938Map link: Fashion, Room 40, Level 0 At…
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  "That's the way to do it!" A history of Punch & Judy

  He noted seeing it in Covent Garden, London, performed by the Italian puppet showman Pietro Gimonde from…
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  'With Tongue in Chic' by Ernestine Carter

  Before Anne (Scott-James)'s advent, the editor had been the Hon. Mrs.…
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  Introducing William Morris

  reputation: one for a new dining room at the South Kensington Museum (later the V&A), and another at St James's…
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  An introduction to women printmakers

  gap in the market for reference books for apothecaries, Blackwell studied the herbs in Chelsea Physic Garden…
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  The world's first museum café

  When entering the Museum from the garden, the public were greeted not bygalleries but by three arches…