Floor Spread Fragment Victoria And Albert Museum

Without a context of a dusty floor or a forgotten cupboard where it would have been originally.

Floor spread fragment victoria and albert museum.

The victoria albert museum v a in london has salvaged a piece of the sprawling brutalist complex. Enter via the tube. The victoria and albert museum has its origins in the great exhibition of 1851 with which henry cole the museum s first director was involved in planning initially it was known as the museum of manufactures first opening in may 1852 at marlborough house but by september had been transferred to somerset house at this stage the collections covered both applied art and science. Fragment of trapezoidal pavement tile tree tin glazed earthenware forlì italy ca 1513 1523.

Two fragments of floor spread of embroidered cotton with coloured silks in satin stitch. The patterns on both borders consist of undulating pink stems bearing at regular intervals pink roses yellow asters and blue centred flowers interspersed with cone like sprays of flowerets and with serrated green leaves. Parts of a floorspread made late 17th century early 18th century. Given its significance and the imminent demolition at the time it was almost too obvious she tells metropolis.

Liza fior of london based muf architecture art first proposed the idea. Possibly made in burhanpur. The victoria albert museum or v a was on my probably worth a quick perv list but i had no idea what i was in for six massive floors of art pilfered from around the world. View in augmented reality.

Casts of the original parthenon s pedimental fragments known as the elgin marbles were purchased from the victoria and albert museum so that sculptors leopold and belle kinney scholz could be as accurate as. As the united states spread ever westward nashville ceased to be on the frontier and the nickname changed to athens of the south. Victoria and albert museum london view inspiration details. Floor spread of painted and dyed cotton coromandel coast for the golconda court ca.

Measuring approximately 380 inches in length by 154 inches in height the met s textile fragments comprise a little less than half the size of this full size floor cover. The victoria and albert museum london united kingdom. Any city where you get off the subway and there s a direct entrance into a museum is a proper city.