Victoria and Albert Museum - Every Object Tells a Story

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Curators, conservators and researchers share some of their stories of artworks in the Paintings Gallery of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London as part of the Every Object Tells A Story project. Every Object Tells A Story in the Blythe House archives and Paintings Gallery of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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  Heals Brochure
  Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:09:23 +0100
  Corporate Sponsor: Senior Archivist Christopher Marsden learns furniture store Heals' relationship with the V & A goes back almost a century, as part of the Every Object Tells A Story project.
  
  
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  Antoni and Alison
  Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:09:23 +0100
  I Love It: Archivist Alexia Bleathman rediscovers the king and queen of 1980s slogan t-shirts, as part of the Every Object Tells A Story project.
  
  
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  Costume Gallery in 1911
  Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:09:23 +0100
  Timeless Fashion: Senior Archivist Christopher Marsden is transported back to 1911 and the Costume Gallery of the Victoria and Albert Museum, as part of the Every Object Tells A Story project.
  
  
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  Biba Poster
  Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:09:23 +0100
  Biba Babe: Archivist Alexia Bleathman revisits the iconic sixties brand of Biba in the archives of the Victoria and Albert Museum, as part of the Every Object Tells A Story project.
  
  
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  William Morris Letter
  Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:09:23 +0100
  Art Referee: Senior Archivist Christopher Marsden finds a letter to the V & A from the designer and social activist William Morris, as part of the Every Object Tells A Story project.
  
  
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  Box of Crackers
  Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:09:23 +0100
  Crackles: Archivist Alexia Bleathman recounts the sorry tale of an engagement ring that never was, as part of the Every Object Tells A Story project.
  
  
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  The Mill by Edward Burne-Jones
  Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:09:23 +0100
  Pre-Raphaelite Nerves: researcher Rachel Sloan explores a tempestuous affair in the Paintings Gallery of the Victoria and Albert Museum, as part of the Every Object Tells A Story project.
  
  
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  Interior of a Room with Figures by Adriaen Brouwer
  Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:09:23 +0100
  Beneath the Surface: conservator Nicola Costaras explains how she uncovered a rare panel mark in the Paintings Gallery of the Victoria and Albert Museum, as part of the Every Object Tells A Story project.
  
  
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  Constantine Ionides by G F Watts
  Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:08:23 +0100
  Watchful Gaze: researcher Melanie Vandenbrouck is watched by the great art patron Constantine Ionides in the Paintings Gallery of the Victoria and Albert Museum, as part of the Every Object Tells A Story project.
  
  
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  Smeralda Bandinelli by Sandro Botticelli
  Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:09:23 +0100
  Botticelli and the Wombats: researcher Rachel Sloan heralds Smeralda Bandinelli in the Paintings Gallery of the Victoria and Albert Museum, as part of the Every Object Tells A Story project.
  
  
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  Ploughing in Bavaria by Eduard Schleich
  Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:09:23 +0100
  A Curious Title: assistant curator Alexander Klar welcomes a little piece of Bavaria into the Paintings Gallery ofthe Victoria and Albert Museum, as part of the Every Object Tells A Story project.
  
  
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  L'Immensite by Gustave Courbet
  Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:08:23 +0100
  A Random Anarchist: assistant curator Irene Lafferty explains how Courbet's seascape in the Paintings Gallery of the Victoria and Albert Museum reminds us of his fight for equality, as part of the Every Object Tells A Story project.