Why does this Qing-dynasty porcelain mimic ivory?
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Horst's Mainbocher Corset photograph journeyed across oceans and time to transform Vogue into a concept and a verb.
Horst P. Horst, Mainbocher Corset, Paris
After their recent rediscovery, the Wolsey Angels go through extensive conservation and preservation after being exposed to the elements on the gateposts of a stately home in England, perhaps for centuries
Conserving the Wolsey Angels
The earliest known signed work by Jacob van Walscapelle undergoes thorough conservation work at the V&A, including reattaching paint flakes, removing discoloured varnish, and applying new varnish
Conserving Jacob van Walscapelle’s Flowers in a ...
A conservator at the V&A discusses new discoveries that have uncovered new information on their materials, techniques, history and provenance
Conservation: The Nasrid plasterwork collection at the ...
In 1866, the Victoria & Albert Museum commissioned an Italian plaster maker to journey to Spain to make a copy of a monument of Romanesque art. See how the museum takes care of it more than 150 years later.
Conservation: Cast of the Pórtico de la ...
Follow V&A's conservation team as they carefully clean and repair a magnificent 19th century jama – a style of garment worn by men in India for centuries.
Conservation: Indian jama
Find out how the V&A investigates and analyzes the miniatures in order to understand more about what they were made of, when they were made, and how to conserve them.
Conservation: portrait miniatures
Holding on to pagan traditions in the early Christian era
The Symmachi Panel
Some distortions are deliberate. This pulpit has its critics, but it coheres in real life—just not in photos.
Giovanni Pisano, Pisa Pulpit
Under Akbar the Great, the Mughal style of painting blended Indian, Persian, and Western artistic traditions.
Illustration from the Akbarnama
Made for a sultan, this unusual automaton emblematizes the fierce hostility between British and Indian rulers.
Tipu’s Tiger
Under Akbar the Great, the Mughal style of painting blended Indian, Persian, and Western artistic traditions.
Illustration from the Akbarnama
Straight from the monster’s mouth! Christ leads the way as Adam and Eve escape the jaws of Hell.
The Harrowing of Hell
This wool carpet was woven for a shrine. Its dense design contains geometric patterns, floral motifs—and two lamps.
The Ardabil Carpet
This pioneering woman used the new medium of photography to add dramatic flair to her domestic life.
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