Friday 11 October 2013

The Spies on tour & on the move

In my post about The Spies I looked at the Haslemere peasant industries panel c. 1900 that is in the Victoria & Albert Museum's collection.   Having recently re-visited the museum's online entry for this work I noted that there is an 'exhibition history' entry for this item which I had not seen before.


The Spies, Haslemere Peasant Industries panel c.1900
designed by Godfrey Blount

Whilst the panel is marked as 'in storage' it has been viewed across the globe: in the United States and Japan.

"Exhibition History
Life and Art: Arts and Crafts from Morris to Mingei (Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya 12/06/2009-16/08/2009) 

Life and Art: Arts and Crafts from Morris to Mingei (Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo 24/01/2009-05/04/2009) 

Life and Art: Arts and Crafts from Morris to Mingei (The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto 13/09/2008-09/11/2008) 


International Arts & Crafts (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 18/06/2006-18/08/2006) 


International Arts & Crafts (Indianapolis Museum of Art 27/09/2005-22/01/2006) 


International Arts & Crafts (V&A 17/03/2005-24/07/2005) 


Textiles of the Arts and Crafts Movement (V&A 01/01/1988-31/12/1988)" V&A online 


The V&A have been re-housing their textiles in storage.  I believe that this piece and their Luther Hooper works are now in the Clothworkers' Centre for the Study and Conservation of Textiles and Fashion which opened earlier this week (8th October 2013).  One day I hope to visit them there.

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