Furniture

The V&A is a family of art, design and performance museums. We hold a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity.

We proudly look after many of the nation's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculptures, paintings, jewellery, glass, ceramics, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.

Our mission is to champion art, design and creativity in all its forms, advance cultural knowledge, and inspire makers, creators and innovators everywhere. 

Furniture - diverse collection unrivalled for breadth and quality, spanning over six centuries of British and international furniture production, from Japanese lacquer and furniture from the 1851 Great Exhibition, to innovative contemporary design. Examples from East Asia, South Asia and the Islamic Middle East sit alongside more than 14,000 pieces made in the West, from moveable furniture and clocks to musical instruments, plastic and leatherwork, and fragments of architectural woodwork