#Victoria and albert museum

[die-rosastrasse]

The Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy by Raffaelle Monti

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 02 IX 2017

[tswiftupdatess]

Taylor Swift's outfits from music videos, red carpets, appearances and more are currently on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London! The exhibition will take place from July 27 to September 8!

📸: imyourdaisytv

[lionofchaeronea]

Swan, Rush, and Iris (design for a dado wallpaper), Walter Crane, 1875

[robert-hadley]

Rosamund by Walter Crane for Jeffrey & Co, 1908. Block-printed wallpaper.

[kidovna]

went sketching at the V&A today

[justarandomgirly]

Red white and royal blue (2023)

[escapismsworld]

Gold, in the form of a heart-shaped opal framed by demantoid garnets and diamonds

1875-1900

Victoria & Albert Museum.

[skf-fineart]

Marionette of a clown, unknown maker, 1880–89, England

[geritsel]

Francis Danby - Disappointed Love, 1821.

[easterneuropeancrafts]

"Thousands of prehistoric graves exist in vast cemeteries throughout Bosnia and the Herzegovina—similar ones are found in Servia, Montenegro, and High Albania. They yield many bronze and iron objects of the highest interest, for the patterns are still worn, or have been till recently, by the peasants of Bosnia, Servia, Albania, even of Bulgaria. The rayed ball or circle is not only a common pattern in silver, but is also a traditional tattoo pattern (see illustration)."

High Albania by Edith Durham

Top: Pair of earrings with a green stone in the centre and small balls arranged around it in a star pattern. Pitt Rivers Museum. Sarajevo, Bosnia. Collected in c. 1906 by Edith Durham.

Middle: (1) Silver gilt earring decorated with coral beads. V&A Museum. Bulgaria. Made in c. 1850 and acquired in 1872 at the International Exhibition in London.

(2) Silver earring shaped like a half wheel with beads on the ends of the spokes. V&A Museum. Jerusalem. Made in c. 1850-1870 and acquired for the Museum in Jerusalem in 1873. "The design is more typical of the kind of earring worn in the Balkans, particularly in Bulgaria, than those from the Syrian region. It is possible that it was an import, brought by a pilgrim to the Holy City, but it is equally likely to have been made locally."

Bottom: Illustration from High Albania by Edith Durham, 1909.

1. Prehistoric Bronze Ornament, Bosnia (Sarajevo Museum, Sjeversko, T. 2).

2. Modern Silver Earring, of type common to Bosnia, Servia, Bulgaria, and Kosovo Vilayet.

3, 4, 5, 6. Common Catholic Bosnian Tattoos.

[questwithambition]

A week in London: trips to museums and the ballet, Kew Garden being stunning as always, and finding 4 books in charity shops / second hand bookstores (a win)

[arthistoryanimalia]

#InternationalPolarBearDay:

Vase In The Form Of Two #PolarBears Inside An Icy Cave 'Makuzu' ware, Miyagawa Kozan workshop,Yokohama, Japan, c.1900-10 porcelain with decoration in underglaze turquoise & brown, H 22.2 cm x D 15.9 cm Victoria and Albert Museum C.244-1910: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O39341/vase-miyagawa-kozan/ "From the late 19th century, the Makuzu workshop produced porcelain for the Western market. The source of inspiration for this remarkable object was models of polar bears made by the Royal Copenhagen Manufactory. The icy effect was created using experimental glaze techniques."

PS: there is a similar, slightly larger piece in the Khalili Collections:

[lionofchaeronea]

Sunset on a Bay, with Castle Ruins, Georg Emil Libert, 1848

[royallyobsessedx]

It's even more beautiful in real life. Albert was a real one for this design, I get it Vicky I really do.

[blondebrainpowered]

A dress made of cotton muslin, gilded metal thread and Indian jewel beetles (sternocera aeqisignata), Britain, 1868-1869 CE. Over 5000 beetle wings or parts of wings were used to decorate this dress.

Now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

[probablyrwrb]

your daily reminder that this is what the public saw