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quo-usque-tandem · 3 months

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Jimi Hendrix by Linda McCartney

#art #photography #Jimi Hendrix #Linda McCartney #The Victoria and Albert Museum

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escapismsworld · 10 months

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A selection of dresses that would make it difficult to walk through a doorway. Courtesy of The Victoria and Alber Museum.

1. Woman's court mantua with petticoat, 1740-45

2. Silk mantua robe and petticoat, dark pink ribbed silk, England, 1740-1745

3. Mantua and petticoat for court dress, brocaded with flowers, England 1765-70

4. Most definitely the hardest one to get through a doorway. French silk mantua, silver-gilt threads, England, 1755-60

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octaviasdread · 1 year

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The Victoria & Albert Museum, London

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#CO Photography #CO Posts #the v&a museum #sculpture #dark academia aesthetic #light academic aesthetic #golden aesthetic #architecture #the victoria and albert museum

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die-rosastrasse · 2 months

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The Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy by Raffaelle Monti

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 02 IX 2017

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jeweled-blue-eyes · 10 months

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Child’s cape. Twilled peacock blue woollen cloth, embroidered in cream silk thread, with a cream tassel on the hood; Anglo-Indian, 1860-70

#historical fashion #child fashion #turquoise #ijekiel vibes #victoria & albert museum #19th century #wizardcore

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robert-hadley · 11 months

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Rosamund by Walter Crane for Jeffrey & Co, 1908. Block-printed wallpaper.

#victoria and albert museum #antiquetextiles #printedtextiles

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thehautecouturelover · 1 year

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Vivienne Westwood gown from SS94 “Café Society” Collection

©Victoria and Albert Museum

#vivienne westwood #couture edit #haute couture #fashion #victoria and albert museum #90s fashion #gowns #clothing #evening gown #designer gowns #viviennewestwood

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kidovna · 3 months

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went sketching at the V&A today

#artovna #victoria and albert museum #sketch #art #before anyone comes at me… I say sketches bc these are 15 min pieces #michaelangelo #giambologna #samson slaying a philistine moment for firstprince

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luxebeat · 2 years

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Traveling Europe: 7 Destinations in 4 Months

Since March of 2019, the thought of traveling was nothing more than a dream. Borders closed, vacations were canceled, and the world shut down due to COVID-19. If you told me I would be traveling around Europe in less than two years, I would not have believed it. Yet, 2021 came around and I was accepted to a study abroad program in London for the first semester of my junior year. As the world was…

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justarandomgirly · 17 days

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Red white and royal blue (2023)

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geritsel · 1 year

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Francis Danby - Disappointed Love, 1821.

#english painting #bristol school #victoria and albert museum

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quo-usque-tandem · 1 year

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The Stomach Dance b Aubrey Beardsley

#art #drawing #The Stomach Dance #Aubrey Beardsley #The Victoria and Albert Museum

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garadinervi · 4 months

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Rebecca Crompton, Sampler, (embroidered linen in coloured silks), 1930s [Victoria and Albert Museum, London. © Rebecca Crompton]

#art #design #embroidery #textile #geometry #rebecca crompton #victoria and albert museum #1930s

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annieuwuu · 7 months

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some ootd when i went to the v&a!

#goth #grunge #y2k goth #gothic lolita #jfashion #emocore #alternative #ootdpost #victoria and albert museum

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arthistoryanimalia · 2 months

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#InternationalPolarBearDay:

Vase In The Form Of Two #PolarBears Inside An Icy Cave 'Makuzu' ware, Miyagawa Kozan workshop,Yokohama, Japan, c.1900-10 porcelain with decoration in underglaze turquoise & brown, H 22.2 cm x D 15.9 cm Victoria and Albert Museum C.244-1910: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O39341/vase-miyagawa-kozan/ "From the late 19th century, the Makuzu workshop produced porcelain for the Western market. The source of inspiration for this remarkable object was models of polar bears made by the Royal Copenhagen Manufactory. The icy effect was created using experimental glaze techniques."

PS: there is a similar, slightly larger piece in the Khalili Collections:

#animals in art #animal holiday #20th century art #Japanese art #East Asian art #Asian art #porcelain #vase #ceramics #polar bear #polar bears #bear #bears #International Polar Bear Day #Makuzu ware #Miyagawa Kozan #Victoria and Albert Museum #Khalili Collections #1900s

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probablyrwrb · 6 months

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your daily reminder that this is what the public saw

#red white and royal blue #nicholas galitzine #rwrb #taylor zakhar perez #rwrb movie #alex claremont diaz #firstprince #henry fox mountchristen windsor #tzp #victoria and albert museum

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