The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.
Henry Cole, the museum's first director
South Kensington Museum, a watercolour painting by J.C. Lanchenick
Interior of the Young V&A, with iron work from the Brompton Boilers
Rococo, less commonly Roccoco, is a Western style of architecture, art, and decoration that emerged in France in the 1730s as a reaction against the Louis XIV style. It is characterized by extensive o