www.vam.ac.uk Open in urlscan Pro
18.244.28.74  Public Scan

Form analysis
3 forms found in the DOM

Name: search — GET /search

<form class="b-search-form js-search-site" name="search" action="/search" method="get">
  <div class="b-search-form__inner">
    <svg role="img" class="b-search-form__icon" aria-hidden="true">
      <use xlink:href="/assets/vam-sprite-ae28f3661ed2812e0454a4f9f37ccfbde23afd7dc0e1a23fd972b5658ad1a22f.svg#search"></use>
    </svg>
    <div class="b-search-form__input-wrapper">
      <input type="text" class="b-search-form__input js-nav-search-input" name="q" placeholder="Search the website" value="" autocomplete="off" aria-label="Search input">
      <input type="hidden" name="astyped" value="">
      <div class="b-search-form__underscore js-search-underscore" aria-hidden="true"></div>
    </div>
    <button class="b-search-form__submit js-search-submit b-search-form__submit--hidden" aria-label="Search submit"> Search </button>
    <svg role="img" class="b-search-form__clear b-search-form__clear--hidden js-search-clear" aria-hidden="true">
      <use xlink:href="/assets/vam-sprite-ae28f3661ed2812e0454a4f9f37ccfbde23afd7dc0e1a23fd972b5658ad1a22f.svg#close"></use>
    </svg>
  </div>
  <div class="b-search-form__link-to-collections">
    <span class="b-search-form__link-to-collections--desktop"> Alternatively search more than 1.25 million objects from the <a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/">V&amp;A Collections</a>
    </span>
    <span class="b-search-form__link-to-collections--mobile">
      <a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/">Search the collections</a>
    </span>
  </div>
</form>

Name: search — GET https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/

<form class="b-search-form  b-search-form--etc b-search-form--etc-gateway js-search-etc-gateway" name="search" action="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/" method="get" role="search">
  <div class="b-search-form__inner">
    <div class="b-search-form__input-wrapper">
      <input type="text" class="b-search-form__input" name="q" placeholder="Search by object, artist, maker…" aria-label="Search by object, artist, maker…" autocomplete="off" value="">
    </div>
    <button class="b-search-form__submit u-btn" aria-label="Search submit"> Search </button>
  </div>
  <div class="b-search-form__suggestions" aria-label="search suggestions">
    <button>Start by entering a search term</button>
  </div>
  <div class="b-search-form__filters" aria-label="search filters" role="form">
    <div class="b-search-form__filter-toggle-set">
      <div tabindex="0" class="b-search-form__filter-toggle js-pane-toggle">Add dates</div>
      <div class="b-search-form__filter-toggle-pane">
        <div class="b-search-form__filter-toggle b-search-form__filter-toggle--off" aria-hidden="true">Remove dates</div>
        <div class="b-search-form__filter-info"> Use a hyphen to indicate dates BC. <br>For example -800 is 800BC </div>
        <div class="b-search-form__filter">
          <label for="year_made_from">From year:</label>
          <input class="b-search-form__filter-input b-search-form__filter-input--date" type="number" id="year_made_from" name="year_made_from" min="-4000" max="2050" step="1" placeholder="Year" value="">
        </div>
        <div class="b-search-form__filter">
          <label for="year_made_to">To year:</label>
          <input class="b-search-form__filter-input b-search-form__filter-input--date" type="number" id="year_made_to" name="year_made_to" min="-4000" max="2050" step="1" placeholder="Year" value="">
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</form>

Name: signup-footer — POST //email-vam.org.uk/signup.ashx

<form name="signup-footer" id="signup-footer" action="//email-vam.org.uk/signup.ashx" autocomplete="off" method="POST" class="b-newsletter__form b-newsletter__form--footer b-newsletter__form--footer-main js-newsletter_form">
  <div class="b-newsletter__flex-form-container">
    <div class="b-newsletter__flex-form-container-title">
      <h2 class="b-newsletter__headline b-newsletter__headline--footer"> Sign up to our emails </h2>
      <p aria-live="polite" class="b-newsletter__descriptor b-newsletter__descriptor--footer js-newsletter__descriptor"> Hear about collections, exhibitions, courses and events from the V&amp;A and ways you can support us. </p>
    </div>
    <div class="b-newsletter__flex-form-container-form">
      <div class="b-newsletter__form-fields b-newsletter__form-fields--footer">
        <input type="hidden" name="addressbookid" value="23385029">
        <input type="hidden" name="ci_isconsentform" value="true">
        <input type="hidden" name="userid" value="193690">
        <input type="hidden" name="SIG111c61b9060bb903d4d00273e56ca0b7f2a5008ddd91799cf706ed2bbe35672f" value="">
        <!-- ReturnURL - when the user hits submit, they'll get sent here -->
        <input type="hidden" name="ReturnURL" value="https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/va-newsletter">
        <input type="hidden" name="ci_userConsentText"
          value="Hear about activities, events and exhibitions from the V&amp;A. You can change your preferences or opt out of hearing from us at any time using the unsubscribe link in our emails. Read our full privacy notice.">
        <input type="hidden" id="ci_consenturl_footer" name="ci_consenturl" value="https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections">
        <!-- Email - the user's email address -->
        <input aria-invalid="false" type="text" placeholder="name@example.com" name="Email" class="js-emailValidation b-newsletter__form-fields-field b-newsletter__form-fields-field--footer" aria-label="Enter your email address">
        <input type="hidden" name="ci_userConsentCheckBox" value="on">
        <input type="submit" value="Sign up" name="btnsubmit" class="u-btn u-btn--outlined-inverse b-newsletter__form-submit b-newsletter__form-submit--footer js-newsletter__submit">
      </div>
      <script language="javascript">
        var urlInput = document.getElementById("ci_consenturl_footer");
        if (urlInput != null && urlInput != 'undefined') {
          urlInput.value = encodeURI(window.location.href);
        }
      </script>
      <div class="b-newsletter__info b-newsletter__info--footer"> You can change your preferences or opt out of hearing from us at any time using the unsubscribe link in our emails. Read our full
        <a href="/info/privacy-notice" class="u-link">privacy notice</a>. </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</form>

Text Content

Skip to main content
Menu

Search
Alternatively search more than 1.25 million objects from the V&A Collections
Search the collections

 * Visit us
 * What’s on
 * Collections
 * Learn
 * Join & Support
 * Shop
 * More
   * Learning
   * Join & Support
   * Shop




FROM THE COLLECTIONS

From ancient Chinese ceramics to Alexander McQueen evening dresses, take an
incredible journey through 5000 years of human creativity with our online
collections.


EXPLORE THE COLLECTIONS

Search more than 1.25 million objects

Search
Start by entering a search term
Add dates
Remove dates
Use a hyphen to indicate dates BC.
For example -800 is 800BC
From year:
To year:
Explore our new organisations A-Z currently in
BETA
Find out more


LATEST

 * Explore collection
   Print
 * Explore collection
   Photography
 * Explore collection
   Global Africa
 * Explore collection
   Illustration


ONLINE

 1. Spaces
 2. Periods and styles
 3. People
 4. Featured
 5. Materials and techniques
 6. Places

 * Explore collection
   Wedgwood
 * Explore collection
   Cast collection
 * Explore collection
   Design 1900 – Now
 * Explore collection
   The V&A Story
 * Explore collection
   The Raphael Cartoons
 * Explore collection
   Gilbert Collection
 * Explore collection
   Arts and Crafts
 * Explore collection
   1960s fashion
 * Explore collection
   Post-war design
 * Explore collection
   Art Deco
 * Explore collection
   Aestheticism
 * Explore collection
   Palladianism
 * Explore collection
   Gothic
 * Explore collection
   Neoclassicism
 * Explore collection
   Europe 1600 – 1815
 * Explore collection
   Postmodernism
 * Explore collection
   Rococo
 * Explore collection
   Surrealism
 * Explore collection
   Baroque
 * Explore collection
   Renaissance
 * Explore collection
   Modernism
 * Explore collection
   Chinoiserie
 * Explore collection
   Medieval
 * Explore collection
   Art Nouveau
 * Explore collection
   Alexander McQueen
 * Explore collection
   Grinling Gibbons
 * Explore collection
   John Constable
 * Explore collection
   Julia Margaret Cameron
 * Explore collection
   William Henry Fox Talbot
 * Explore collection
   Vivienne Westwood
 * Explore collection
   Cecil Beaton
 * Explore collection
   Lucienne Day
 * Explore collection
   William De Morgan
 * Explore collection
   Antonio Canova
 * Explore collection
   David Bowie
 * Explore collection
   Garry Fabian Miller
 * Explore collection
   Valérie Belin
 * Explore collection
   Benjamin Brecknell Turner
 * Explore collection
   Thomas Ruff
 * Explore collection
   Wedgwood
 * Explore collection
   Paul Strand
 * Explore collection
   Eileen Gray
 * Explore collection
   Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
 * Explore collection
   Beatrix Potter
 * Explore collection
   Auguste Rodin
 * Explore collection
   Linnaeus Tripe
 * Explore collection
   Elsa Schiaparelli
 * Explore collection
   Harry Hammond
 * Explore collection
   Bill Brandt
 * Explore collection
   Mary Quant
 * Explore collection
   Horst P. Horst
 * Explore collection
   Ilse Bing
 * Explore collection
   Frederick Hollyer
 * Explore collection
   William Morris
 * Explore collection
   Curtis Moffat
 * Explore collection
   Cristóbal Balenciaga
 * Explore collection
   Frames
 * Explore collection
   Manuscripts
 * Explore collection
   Paintings
 * Explore collection
   The Glastonbury Festival Archive
 * Explore collection
   Artists and the Book
 * Explore collection
   Jewellery
 * Explore collection
   Glasses
 * Explore collection
   Rapid Response Collecting
 * Explore collection
   Gender & sexuality
 * Explore collection
   Post-war design
 * Explore collection
   Tiles
 * Explore collection
   Opera
 * Explore collection
   Wallpaper
 * Explore collection
   The Raphael Cartoons
 * Explore collection
   The Stein Collection
 * Explore collection
   Shoes
 * Explore collection
   Fashion in Motion
 * Explore collection
   Digital Art & Design
 * Explore collection
   Hats
 * Explore collection
   Fashion
 * Explore collection
   Underwear
 * Explore collection
   Architecture
 * Explore collection
   Theatre & Performance
 * Explore collection
   Furniture
 * Explore collection
   Costume
 * Explore collection
   Embroidery
 * Explore collection
   Photography
 * Explore collection
   The V&A Story
 * Explore collection
   Wedding dress
 * Explore collection
   Books
 * Explore collection
   Books
 * Explore collection
   Ceramics
 * Explore collection
   Print
 * Explore collection
   Knitting
 * Explore collection
   Sculpture
 * Explore collection
   Photography
 * Explore collection
   Paintings
 * Explore collection
   Enamels
 * Explore collection
   The Raphael Cartoons
 * Explore collection
   Stained glass
 * Explore collection
   Tapestry
 * Explore collection
   Portrait miniatures
 * Explore collection
   Watercolour
 * Explore collection
   Illustration
 * Explore collection
   Posters
 * Explore collection
   Tiles
 * Explore collection
   Quilting and patchwork
 * Explore collection
   Glass
 * Explore collection
   Textiles
 * Explore collection
   Embroidery
 * Explore collection
   Cast collection
 * Explore collection
   Metalwork
 * Explore collection
   Japan
 * Explore collection
   China
 * Explore collection
   Korea
 * Explore collection
   South Asia
 * Explore collection
   Islamic Middle East
 * Explore collection
   Global Africa
 * Explore collection
   Europe 1600 – 1815

Back to the top


SIGN UP TO OUR EMAILS

Hear about collections, exhibitions, courses and events from the V&A and ways
you can support us.

You can change your preferences or opt out of hearing from us at any time using
the unsubscribe link in our emails. Read our full privacy notice.


VICTORIA AND
ALBERT MUSEUM


ABOUT THE V&A

 * About us
 * Contact us
 * Our work
 * National work
 * International work
 * Research
 * Conservation
 * Press
 * Jobs


JOIN & SUPPORT

 * Membership
 * Corporate partnerships
 * FuturePlan
 * Donate


RESOURCES

 * Explore the Collections
 * V&A Academy
 * National Art Library
 * Photography Centre
 * Study Rooms
 * Archives
 * Blog


COMMERCIAL

 * Shop
 * Licensing
 * Publishing
 * V&A images
 * Exhibitions for hire
 * Venue hire


VISIT THE V&A


V&A SOUTH KENSINGTON

 * Daily: 10.00 – 17.45
   Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
 * Admission is free
 * Cromwell Road
   London SW7 2RL
 * Plan your visit
 * Access information


V&A DUNDEE

 * Daily: 10.00 – 17.00
 * Admission is free
 * 1 Riverside Esplanade,
   Dundee DD1 4EZ
 * V&A Dundee website
 * Access information


V&A WEDGWOOD COLLECTION

 * Wednesday – Sunday:
   10.00 – 17.00
 * Admission is free
 * Wedgwood Drive, Barlaston,
   Stoke-on-Trent ST12 9ER
 * World of Wedgwood website


YOUNG V&A

 * Daily: 10.00 – 17.45
 * Admission is free
 * Cambridge Heath Rd,
   Bethnal Green, London E2 9PA
 * Plan your visit
 * Access information


V&A EAST

 * Opening 2025
 * Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London
 * About V&A East

 * +44 (0)20 7942 2000
 * hello@vam.ac.uk

 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 

 * Privacy notice and cookies
 * Terms of use
 * Accessibility statement

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2023




COOKIES

Our website uses cookies (small data files that are placed on your device).

We use necessary cookies to make our website work for you, and we’d like to set
additional cookies to help us to understand how you use our site – and help us
improve it.

These additional cookies help us to deliver content from other sites and
services. We also share information about your use of our website with our
social media, advertising and analytics partners.

We won’t use these additional cookies unless you allow us. Using this tool will
set a cookie on your device to remember your preference.

Cookie policy
Accept additional cookies
Manage cookie settings



COOKIE PREFERENCE CENTRE

When you visit any web site, it may store or retrieve information on your
browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you,
your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you
expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can
give you a more personalised web experience. Because we respect your right to
privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. Click on the
different category headings to find out more and change our default settings.
However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site
and the services we are able to offer.
Cookie Policy
Allow All


MANAGE CONSENT PREFERENCES

STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES

Always Active


These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched
off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you
which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy
preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block
or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work.
These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

TARGETING COOKIES

Targeting Cookies


These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may
be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you
relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal
information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet
device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted
advertising.

FUNCTIONAL COOKIES

Functional Cookies


These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and
personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose
services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some
or all of these services may not function properly.

PERFORMANCE COOKIES

Performance Cookies


These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and
improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the
most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All
information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you
do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and
will not be able to monitor its performance.

SOCIAL MEDIA COOKIES

Social Media Cookies


These cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to
the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They
are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a
profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on
other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies you may not be able
to use or see these sharing tools.

Back Button


COOKIE LIST



Search Icon
Filter Icon

Clear
checkbox label label
Apply Cancel
Consent Leg.Interest
checkbox label label
checkbox label label
checkbox label label

Reject All Confirm my Cookie Selection