Victoria and Albert Museum - Every Object Tells A Story
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.