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Sideboard cloth of embroidered linen. At either end in green, black and turquoise floss silks in stem and satin stitches and couch work in an abstract design similar to a Japanese fan. With ends of black linen below a drawn thread work band.
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Poster Place of origin: London (made) Date: ca. 1899 (made) Artist/Maker: S. H. Benson (advertising agent) Materials and Techniques: Colour lithograph.
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Narnia style oak carved wardrobe, 1820-30, in the style of a Norman doorway, probably designed by architect Thomas Hopper, probably for the Norman-style Gosford castle in Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.
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Queen Victoria was devoted to her husband and when Prince Albert died young, at the age of 42, the Queen's long and deep mourning affected the general public. This memorial card contains the symbols of mourning in the figures of angels and symbolic plants
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By the 19th century, stained glass was being used almost exclusively to embellish church interiors. The Arts & Crafts firm Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. (founded in 1861), was instrumental in reintroducing the medium to the home.
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Small fox admiring: Diane Mike Jr and Kayli Joy Elvis Stanley by Roe Ethridge, all 2014-16, dye sublimation prints on aluminium.
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Vase and cover Place of origin: London (made) Date: 1888-1898 (made) Artist/Maker: William de Morgan, born 1839 - died 1917 (designer) William De Morgan - Fulham Factory (maker) Materials and Techniques: Earthenware, painted in lustre.
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Octopus, 2014, by Carsten Holler. Polyurethane & glass. Originally shown as part of a larger work, Gartenkinder, a play area for children.
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'Breathless' is a work commissioned specially from the British artist Cornelia Parker for display in the new British Galleries.
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White Object 2 (Pink Blush) (Form) Date: 2006 Place: Copenhagen Artist/maker: Braun, Pernille.
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Dating from about 1880, this original wallpaper design by Morris & Co. is known as 'Poppy' or 'Wreath'. It shows clearly how William Morris's confidence in creating highly sophisticated pattern repeats had evolved by the late nineteenth century.
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Alaskan wolves by Hiroshi Sugimoto, 1994. This appears to be wildlife photography but is actually a museum diorama constructed from taxidermed animals, fake plants, and painted scenery.
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The V&A Rotunda Chandelier, created in 2001, is one of a number of works from Chihuly's 'Chandelier' series begun in 1992. Chihuly works extravagantly in richly-coloured blown glass, drawing on the historic techniques of the Murano glassworks in Venice.
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Chair, about 1883 by E.W. Godwin, described as Greek but similar to his Anglo-Japanese furniture of the 1860s. Ebonised oak, modern upholstery.
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The Cawdor Candlesticks Object: Candlestick Place of origin: Glasgow (made) Date: ca. 1903 (made) Artist/Maker: Walton, George, born 1867 - died 1933 (designer) Materials and Techniques: Polished iron and copper.
