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Sau Fong Chan
A head-to-toe exploration of Chinese dress through sumptuous, detailed photography of some of the most fascinating historic and contemporary pieces in the V&A's outstanding collection.
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Rachel Church
An engaging and authoritative overview of the evolution of ring design from the Middle Ages to today, illustrated with over 170 rare and luxurious examples.
Rings are powerfully evocative pieces…
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The first in an inspirational new V&A sketchbook series--also to include The Designer's Sketchbook--exploring the sketching processes and techniques of artists from the sixteenth century to now.
Zorian Clayton, Lydia Caston, Hana Kaluznik
An accessible, inspirational, and engaging introductory survey of LGBTQIA+ photography, as told through the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Pita Arreola, Corinna Gardner
A new history of digital art from the 1960s to the present day, with decade-by-decade essays exploring evolving digital art practices, alongside interviews with artists, gallerists, museum curators, and collectors.
Claudia Acott Williams
A contemporary look at Cecil Beaton's portraits of the Royal Family and how they helped create the public face of the House of Windsor.
Cecil Beaton: The Royal Portraits looks…
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Karen Livingstone
A celebration of the work and ambition of the women who were at the heart of the Arts and Crafts Movement.
Marking the 125th anniversary of William Morris’s death, this is the most wide-ranging, comprehensive - and beautiful - illustrated study of William Morris ever published.
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Clare Phillips
An impeccably researched and inspiring insight into the evolution of jewellery through the ages, explored through sumptuous photography of pieces drawn from the V&A’s outstanding collection.
Anthony North,Andrew Spira
This comprehensive study, based on the extensive collection at the V&A, covers pewterware from a large number of countries, including Britain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Scandinavia, China and…
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Now available in paperback, this visual analysis of the colors used in furnishing fabrics and wallpapers from the 15th century to now provides inspiration for designers.
Barbara J. Morris
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
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Ralph Edwards
J. M. Richards,Eric Ravilious
A facsimile edition of the classic High Street, which pairs the timeless illustrations of Eric Ravilious with a fascinating text by architectural historian J. M. Richards.
First published in 1938…
Featuring 120 masterpieces from the V and A’s collection, this book traces developments in world ceramics.
Catrin Jones
A beautifully designed gift book devoted to the work of the renowned ceramics firm Wedgwood, which has thrived from 1759 to the present day.
Rowan Bain
A beautiful and informative gift book devoted to designs by William Morris that incorporate flowers–a central motif in his oeuvre and one that played a part in the majority of…
V&A
One of two volumes in the new ‘Maker’s Guides’ series, which introduces handcraft traditions from around the globe through artefacts from the V&A’s world-class collections and step-by-step projects accessible to…
Victoria And Albert Museum
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
The stained glass collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum is the largest in the world, making it possible to chart the development of the art in detail from the…
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Sir Eric Maclagan
Anon
The Victoria and Albert Museum here present a photographic guide to all aspects of English Wrought-Iron Work that is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all blacksmiths. This…
Jim Eldridge (Author)
‘This is just the novel for whiling away a few pleasant evenings with a nice cup of tea’ Publishers Weekly
Julius Bryant
This book tells the story of the formative years of London’s world-renowned Victoria and Albert Museum and the gathering of its early collections in the decade between the Great Exhibition…
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Max Donnelly
A beautifully designed gift book devoted to the work of Christopher Dresser, one of the most influential British designers of all time.
Lucy Johnston,Marion Kite,Helen Persson
Reveals the decorative seams, refined stitching, voluptuous drapery, strict corseting and slashing and stamping that make up some of the garments in the V&A’s superlative 19th-century fashion collection. This title…
Claire Wilcox,Valerie D. Mendes,Oriole Cullen,Jenny Lister,Sonnet Stanfill
A unique insight into high-end 20th-century fashion explored through sumptuous detail photography of some of the most luxurious garments in the V&A’s collections, alongside precise line drawings and an authoritative…
Susan North,Susan North
A rare, close-up look at the exquisite, labor-intensive details seen in fine eighteenth century clothing
A rich and authoritative sourcebook on silk, with more than 600 colour illustrations.
Amelia Calver
A richly illustrated sourcebook of two-dimensional pattern and three dimensional ornamentation, presenting more than 1,000 historic and contemporary examples from around the world.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
Victoria and Albert Museum
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…
Victoria and Albert Museum Library
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by…
Edward Fairbrother 1862-1929 Strange
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
Moira Thunder
This striking publication presents highlights from the V&A’s outstanding collection of embroidery designs for fashion, accessories and home furnishings.
A fascinating selection of one hundred objects, each illustrated in full colour and accompanied by a compact essay, chosen by the Victoria and Albert Museum’s curators for the insight they…
