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Film screeningNVAP Screening: The ChairsV&A South KensingtonJoin us for a screening from the National Video Archive of Performance
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CourseArt and Crime: Forgeries, Theft and FraudV&A South Kensingtonart historian, lecturer for the National Gallery, the V&A and Birkbeck College; Vernon Rapley FSA, Chair…
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Past EventThe Story of Two ChairsA display showcasing two new chairs designed for the V&A, showing the chairs at different stages – from initial idea to developed models.
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Past EventIn Focus Tour: Cosway Sitters ChairPenelope Hines, Assistant Curator, Designs will be examining the 18th century furniture of Matthais Lock. Balancing skill and spectacle, Lock designed the fantastically Rococo and almost completely impractical ‘Cosway Sitters Chair’. This amongst other designs and furniture will be explored in this inspiring talk.
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Past EventKick Back and Reenact: Gitta Gschwendtner's Interactive Chair BenchV&A South KensingtonPart of a series of talks led by Assistant Curators across the V&A’s collections
Features
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ArticleThe Garden Egg ChairBehind the story of the Garden Egg Chair's mass production lies a fascinating tale of Germany's East/West relations
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ArticleThe conservation of Marie Antoinette's chairFollow our Conservation team on their fascinating journey to restore an 18th-century chair made specially for Marie Antoinette
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ArticleThe Chandigarh ChairDiscover the untold origin story of a design classic
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ArticleTake a seat – a story of Modernism in three chairsFor Modernists, the chair represented a particularly important and popular design challenge
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ArticleSpace-Age chairsBold, futuristic, out-of-this-world – discover five iconic space-age chair designs
About us and our work
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InfoTrusteesMinouche is currently chairing a major review of international development for the UK government.…
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InfoPhotographs Acquisition GroupPictet & Cie SA in relation to Prix Pictet | Caroline and Ian Banwell | Rafaël Biosse Duplan (Co-Chair…
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InfoIf you're into it, it's in the V&AOr that the fabulous Djinn chair appeared in Stanley Kubrick’s space epic 2001: A Space Odyssey?…
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InfoThe Platinum Jubilee emblem competition&A, the Royal College of Art, the Design Museum, and a representative from the Royal Household, chaired…
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InfoResearch project: Universal HistoriesCentre for European Studies, Sciences Po; Professor Mary Ryan, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair…
From the Blog
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Blog PostA Moving Experience: Olympia to the Olympic Parkproject: 3,500 pair of shoes, 6,271 drawers of textiles and clothing, 5,476 items of hanging dress, 1500 chairs…
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Blog PostElm, wellness and playOn the top floor of the museum, floating among the many chairs on display in the V&A’s furniture gallery…
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Blog PostAn experiment in the forestIt is a technique best known for producing Windsor Chairs, which are characterised by their solid wood…
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Blog PostFour photographers snap behind-the-scenes in a museum storeA chair wrapped in white plastic could be a mass-produced modern piece, or a priceless ancient artefact…
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Blog PostThinking at the timescale of forests: Adam StanfordHe conceived a chair made of wooden elements put under such tension that it will eventually lead to its…
