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Total number of records: 122

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items121
Textiles1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History14
Art and Antique Market10
Brotherton Collection10
LGBTQ10
Herbert Read Collection8
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive3
English Literature1
International Textile Collection1
Leeds Russian Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
art23
furniture12
20.30 history of art: general9
kunst9
decoration and ornament7
decorative arts7
interior decoration7
art, british5
paneling5
woodwork5

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England27
Great Britain8
India3
Netherlands3
Europe1
Indien1
London1
Massachusetts1
Sri Lanka1
United Kingdom1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Victoria and Albert Museum122
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)76
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)26
Arts Council of Great Britain7
Jodie Edwards7
Hayward, J F (1916-1983)5
Tucker, J.W5
Victoria and Albert Museum. Department of Woodwork5
Watford, E5
Snodin, Michael4

Count of Earliest date

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From 17001
From 1900111
From 20009

Count of Latest date

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Up to 17991
Up to 1999110
Up to latest10

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The Gilbert collection

Schroder, Timothy; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2009

500 copies printed. Foreword / Mark Jones -- The Gilberts and their collection / Timothy Schroder -- Gold and silver / Natasha Awais-Dean and Ann Eatwell -- Gold boxes / Rachel Church -- Italian mos...

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Guide to the collection of carpets

Kendrick, A F (1872-1954); Victoria and Albert Museum. Department of Textiles

1915

Introductory note signed by A.F. Kendrick.

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An exhibition of old master drawings from the Albertina collection, Vienna

Popham, A E (1889-1970); De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969); Graphische Sammlung Albertina; Arts Council of Great Britain; Victoria and Albert Museum; National Gallery of Scotland; Leeds City Art Galleries

1948

Catalogue of an exhibition organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain and held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the National Gallery of Scotland and the Leeds City Art Gallery, 1948.

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Wallpapers : a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum

Oman, Charles (1901-1982); Hamilton, Jean; Entwisle, E A (1900-1998); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Victoria and Albert Museum

1982

Includes bibliography (pages 457-466), and index.

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An exhibition of old master drawings from the Albertina collection, Vienna

Popham, A E (1889-1970); De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969); Graphische Sammlung Albertina; Arts Council of Great Britain; Victoria and Albert Museum; National Gallery of Scotland; Leeds City Art Galleries

1948

Catalogue of an exhibition organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain and held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the National Gallery of Scotland and the Leeds City Art Gallery, 1948.

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British sculpture 1470 to 2000 : a concise catalogue of the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Bilbey, Diane; Trusted, Marjorie; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Victoria and Albert Museum

2002

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Glass : a handbook for the study of glass vessels of all periods and countries & a guide to the museum collection

Honey, W B (1889-1956); Victoria and Albert Museum

1946

At head of title: Victoria and Albert Museum. "First printed 1946". Includes index.

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Furniture from British India and Ceylon : a catalogue of the collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum

Jaffer, Amin; Corrigan, Karina; Jones, Robin D; Kitcatt, Mike; Sexton, Markham; Dykes, Jeffrey; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Victoria and Albert Museum; Peabody Essex Museum

2001

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Textile

photographs from the Victoria & Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

late 19th-mid 20th Century

9 photographs from the Victoria & Albert Museum.

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The craftsman's art : published on the occasion of an exhibition of new work by British craftsmen at the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1973

Crafts Advisory Committee; Victoria and Albert Museum

1973

Leeds University Library copy at Albert Dawson Trust Collection: Inscription: Small note in pen on final page concerning 'Reyner Banham'.

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An American museum of decorative art and design: designs from the Cooper-Hewitt Collection, New York: an exhibition mounted by the Arts Council of Great Britain at the Victoria and Albert Museum, June-August 1973

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Arts Council of Great Britain; Cooper-Hewitt Museum; Victoria and Albert Museum

1973

Includes bibliographical references.

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Sir William Chambers

Chambers, Sir William (1723-1796); Snodin, Michael; Harris, John (1931-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1996

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217) and index. "This catalogue describes and illuminates the largest and most wide-ranging collection of his surviving drawings, the 863 designs and to...

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