Yesterday, I went to the Victoria and Albert Museum with my English Homes class. I used to love coming to this museum when I visited London, but I do not think I ever spent much time looking at the furniture. I had no idea that the V&A saved rooms of houses that were going to be demolished. One of the best parts of the V&A is that you can take pictures of everything, except for the Raphael tapestries. I love that instead of sitting in a boring classroom for three hours, I get to spend that time in an actual museum and other places that I might not have visited on my own. All I have to do after our visit is write a journal entry about a specific item or room, so nothing too horrible. We are going back to the V&A later in the semester, but I think I will go back sooner to go see an exhibit on Queen Elizabeth II.
A room from 1606
The Great Bed of Ware
It was so famous that Shakespeare mentioned it in the twelfth night
Initials and signet rings from the 17th century
Spotting Lions for Carl
Could fit up to 18 people in this bed
State Bed from Melville House
Covered in red velvet and white silk
Parlour from Henrietta Street, London
Designed by James Gibbs
Spotting Lyres around the museum
The Badminton Bed and chinese bedroom
Norfolk House Music Room
We weren't suppose to talk about this room, but I said how pretty it looked so our teacher took us in and told us all about it
Another Lyre!
Glass wall by Robert Adams
Scale model of the glass room
Neo-Classical Ceiling by Robert Adams
Chippendale Chairs
more Chippendale
No comments:
Post a Comment