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V & A - Victoria and Albert Museum London - Gift Boxed Mug set 2 - Ventetian and Piccolo
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| Basement Price - $15.00 |
| RRP: $50.00 |
This mug range has been created from the extensive archives of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the world's greatest museum of decorative art and design.
The V & A is home to more than five million amazing artefacts from the world's richest cultures and its unsurpassable collections have inspired and informed for more than 150 years.
The ranges incorporate designs dating from around 1775 from the textile and wallpaper collections at the V & A. The patterns incoprorate elements from a variety of artefacts, inlcuding a Japanese kimono, jacquard woven dress silk, block-printed wallpapers and some original desgins for textiles and ceramics. Some of these orginal works are by influential designers such as Anna Maria Garthwaite, AWN Pugin, William Kilburn, William Morris some of which can be found in the British Galleries.
The V & A holds the national collection of textiles covering a period of more than 2000 years. It has a broad geographic range with a particular emphasis on Europe. Most techniques are represented, including woven, printed and embroidered textiles, lace, tapestries and carpets.
The museum is also home to the national collection of historic wallpapers, inlcuding early English pieces from the 16th century, Chinese dating back to the 18th century, as well as European.
This fascinating collection illustrates technical production processes including gravure, silk screen and ink embossing, block printing and flocking.
The purpose of the V & A is to broaden access and knowledge of its collections and to encourage exploration of the cultures that created them, as well as to promote, support and develop creativity in individuals and industry by inspiring contemporary designers and manufacturers.
Royalties from the sale of these products are covenanted to the V & A helping the museum to continue its work for the benefit of future generations. |
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