Sources and original illustrations
Primary references and the limits of this educational collection.
Primary references
- V&A Furniture collection — Primary reference objects for studying furniture forms, construction and material relationships.
- V&A Art Deco in the home — Historical context for Art Deco domestic materials and forms.
- V&A The sophisticated Modern home — Context for modern domestic objects and their functional and visual relationships.
- V&A Space-Age chairs — Primary museum examples of sculptural Space-Age seating.
- V&A Thonet and bentwood furniture — Bentwood construction history and chair forms.
- V&A Arts and Crafts introduction — Historical context for material, making and pattern in Arts and Crafts.
- V&A East Asian lacquer influence — Context for distinguishing lacquer traditions and later European responses rather than treating every glossy object as equivalent.
Original visual material
The diagrams in this edition are original SVG illustrations explaining the sequence or decisions in each guide. They do not show a laboratory experiment, a personal trip or a tested product result. No photographs from the linked sources are reproduced.
Check the source in context
References were consulted during preparation of this edition. A source may cover a broader or narrower question than a particular guide; the support notes above explain why it is listed. Read the original for methodology, exceptions and updates.