Silver-mounted sea shell gunpowder flask from the Caucasus, 1700s from The Victoria & Albert Museum. (1280x897)
The Daydream - Victoria & Albert Museum (The Historical Games Company), 1,000 pieces
This is without question the toughest jigsaw that we've done in the last 12 months. Whoever designed the cutting layout has a genius for positioning the edges of pieces in a way that makes it very difficult to visualise what the adjoining piece will look like (plus there were a few false positive matches). A worthy challenge.
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Gilded push-dagger (katar) from 1800s Ibdia. The Victoria & Albert Museum (1280x960)
Spotted at the Victoria & Albert Museum (London). Is that the EU barcode flag?
Japanese Samurai Armor, Haramaki style , circa 1850. From The Victoria & Albert Museum. (1280x1707)
Stone elephant of Elephanta caves. 400/499 CE. In 1846 the British tried to ship it to England but it broke into several pieces. Sir George Birdwood, curator of Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum (formerly Victoria & Albert Museum) assembled it in front of museum. Mumbai, India.[3507×2181]
A 9th c. CE sculpture of a female torso (possibly a surasundari) carved in black chlorite,Rajasthan.Stolen & kept at the Victoria and Albert museum, London.Also interesting how Rajasthan now synonymous with ghunghat had bare chested ladies pre-Islamic invasion
The Ardabil Carpet at the Victoria & Albert museum, woven in 1539–40 during the rule of the Safavid Shah Tahmasp I. This carpet, one of a matching pair that were sold sold in 1890 to a British carpet dealer, is made of silk with wool pile of a knot density at 300–350 knots per sq. inch [2654x2411]
The 'Mae West Lips Sofa', designed by Salvador Dali & Edward James in 1938. Displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
A 9th c. CE sculpture of a female torso (possibly a surasundari) carved in black chlorite,Rajasthan.Stolen & kept at the Victoria and Albert museum, London.Also interesting how Rajasthan now synonymous with ghunghat had bare chested ladies pre-Islamic invasion
Japanese inspired sequined evening dress from 1938, made by Mainbocher. Victoria & Albert Museum reddit.com/gallery/q3818d
Here is how John Everett Millais' painting is displayed in the midst of a crowd of other paintings. (The Victoria & Albert Museum is trying to preserve the way paintings were displayed in a former age, very different from how modern art galleries do it these days.)
Dark side of wonderland: As Victoria & Albert museum prepares to celebrate Lewis Carroll’s heroine from the eponymously named Alice in Wonderland, ties to mysticism and magical societies have come to light in a new book, Through a Looking Glass Darkly. theguardian.com/culture/2…
May 19/2021: As the Victoria & Albert museum reopened its doors to the public for the first time this year, their royal patron, the Duchess of Cambridge, paid a special visit to mark the occasion!
Notation knives dating from the mid-16th century were used to sing a pre-meal blessing and a post-meal grace. This example is on display at the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
ASMR Conserving Sandie Shaw‘s Eurovision Dress at the Victoria & Albert museum youtu.be/4laKUaaIP-c
The Presentation Sword awarded to “Lt. Colonel James Hartley in Testimony of his brave & gallant Conduct by The Honorable East India Company 1779”. Victoria and Albert Museum (356x535)
An ivory statuette of the skeletal figure of Death as a drummer. Made by Joachim Henne in Germany, ca. 1670-1680 CE, now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London [1667x2500]
This Day in Victorian History Victoria & Albert Museum foundation laid, London, England (1899) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic…
Pair of serge and leather shoes, 1851, Germany. Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
“Scarf made of green muslin with applied gold ornament and gold embroidered border; part of the Queen of Oudh's costume dating from the early nineteenth century.; South & South East Asia Collection”- Victoria and Albert Museum (1000x1500)
A 9th century sculpture of a female torso carved in black chlorite. From Rajasthan in India, now on display at the Victoria and Albert museum in London.
Attack on the Castle of Love, on a 14c French Ivory Mirror Case (Victoria & Albert Museum, London) [3332x2496] [OC] flickr.com/photos/takomab…
A 9th century sculpture of a female torso carved in black chlorite. From Rajasthan in India, now on display at the Victoria and Albert museum in London [1459x2500]
Free pattern for the Georgie Dress by Mary Quant!! Released by the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. It has become a great community project, with loads on Insta (#georgiedress). Great instructions and sew-along. Link in comments.
An Ethiopian gold crown alloyed with silver and copper with filigree work and glass beads. Believed to be commissioned in the 1740s by the Empress Mentewwab and her son King Iyyasu II and then given as a gift to a church in Gondar. Now on display at the Victoria & Albert museum in London [975x1024]
The toilets at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London UK
"This tile depicts a famous scene from the epic Iranian poem known as the Khamsah, or Five Tales of Nizami, written by C.12th Iranian poet Nizami Ganjavi. The poem is about the passionate courtship of a Sasanian monarch, Khusraw, and the Armenian Princess Shirin." - Victoria and Albert Museum instagram.com/p/CW6MX2Hoh…
An anonymous Venetian artist bust of a black youth in livery. From Italy, c. 1740s, carved polychrome marble, now on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London [1875x2500]
The toilets at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London UK
“Scarf made of green muslin with applied gold ornament and gold embroidered border; part of the Queen of Oudh's (*princely state in N.India) costume dating from the early nineteenth century.; South & South East Asia Collection”- Victoria and Albert Museum
V&A DUNDEE - The branch of London's Victoria & Albert Museum, on the waterfront in Dundee, Scotland; designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma [1353 x 723]
[Offer] 10 print cards from the Victoria & Albert Museum [PH to WW]
Yay, back at it again :D As the title says, I have 10 print cards from the V&A Museum. :) PM me your address with the subject "V&A" and I will send it next week. Thanks!
The Xbox Adaptive Controller on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London imgur.com/a/oqAjQYo
[Offer] 10 Postcards from the Victoria & Albert Museum [PH to WW]
Ahh, the stresses of work. Such fun. Anyhow, I want to forget a bit about that by offering 10 cards from the Victoria & Albert Museum. They are prints. I just got home from work and tired so I can't take a photo right now. But here's one, if you're curious.
If you're interested, just comment below, give tips for when your boss tries to make you do work that's not really in job description and beyond your knowledge, and then send me a DM. (Sorry but I just find them easier to sort!)
As promised, here is all the content from The Last of Us Exhibit from the Victoria & Albert Museum which finished yesterday. imgur.com/a/k0zqXVZ
An Ethiopian gold crown alloyed with silver and copper with filigree work and glass beads. Believed to be commissioned in the 1740s by the Empress Mentewwab and her son King Iyyasu II and then given as a gift to a church in Gondar. Now on display at the Victoria & Albert museum in London
Turning the pages of a medieval choir book from the Victoria and Albert museum youtu.be/hfFacvSjqns
A Spanish off-handed parrying dagger with toothed blade from 1590. The so-called "sword-breaker", paired with a rapier, were the 16th century's fencing tools. Victoria and Albert Museum London. (735x490)
Zandra Rhodes evening coat from 1969. Victoria and Albert Museum
Yesterday, I had an immense opportunity to visit Victoria and Albert Museum (London) for the Epic Iran exhibition. By far one my best days I had in 2021.The exhibition was absolutely glorious. The thing which surprised me the most was how small is the Cyrus cylinder.Hopefully to visit Iran one day. reddit.com/gallery/plnmod
