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Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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The videos below can be seen on Smarthistory because the Victoria and Albert Museum generously makes their videos available for distribution.

Find out what qualities of watercolor made it the medium of choice for many Renaissance illuminated manuscripts, portrait miniatures and colored drawings

Renaissance Watercolours: materials and techniques

by Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Find out what qualities of watercolor made it the medium of choice for many Renaissance illuminated manuscripts, portrait miniatures and colored drawings

Renaissance Watercolours: materials and techniques

by Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Inside Manish Arora’s Studio — Renowned contemporary fashion designer Manish Arora welcomes the V&A into his studio, and offers exclusive insight into his work and inspirations.

Inside Manish Arora’s Studio

by Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Waqas Khan — At his studio in Lahore, Khan describes the painstaking process that enables him to create works that evolve from simple dots into patterns and compositions.

An interview with Waqas Khan

by Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Rahul Jain — Jain set up ASHA, a workshop of traditional Indian drawlooms in Varanasi. ASHA weaves textiles, modelled on Indian, Iranian, and Turkish fabrics.

An interview with Rahul Jain

by Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Watch as goldsmiths demonstrate how to make traditional enamelled earrings.

Enamelling

by Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Carpet V&A conservation - video still — This huge carpet got a thorough vacuuming and a much-needed comb before going back on display at the V&A.

William Morris, The Bullerswood Carpet

by Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Object Conservation- Salisbury Cross (V&A) — Taken apart, cleaned, repainted, gilded, and finally reassembled, this ironwork cross took months to restore.

Object Conservation – Salisbury Cross

by Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Conserving flowers in a glass vase, V&A video, still — Treating this still life involved reattaching paint, removing and reapplying varnish, and then retouching losses.

Conserving Flowers in a Glass Vase

by Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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