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Makers and creators
Objects can tell a story. A collection of objects can create a narrative, both about our past and as inspiration for the future.
This display celebrates our past makers and creators and illustrates how much historic objects can influence fashion, design, film, art and creativity today. Individual, unique objects can come together to create a collective whole that helps us to explore our social and cultural experiences, and the role we play in the wider tapestry of life.
Written by: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales
Published: July 2025
Sourcebook for Design
- Museum Number
- 1240-1892
- Description
- Tile
- Artist/Maker
- Unknown
- Location and Date
- England, 15th century
- Materials/Techniques
- Earthenware, Inlaid
- Museum Number
- S.167-2018
- Description
- Clemence Dane
- Artist/Maker
- Dane, Clemence
- Date
- mid 20th century
- Museum Number
- T.340-1977
- Description
- Bed cover
- Artist/Maker
- Unknown
- Location and Date
- Wales, 1830-1840
- Materials/Techniques
- Cotton, Cotton, Linen, Quilting, Patchwork
- Museum Number
- BP.970
- Description
- Study of a forest glade
- Artist/Maker
- Beatrix Potter
- Date
- ca.1890-1913
- Materials/Techniques
- Pencil, Paper (fiber product), Watercolour (paint), Watercolour painting (technique)
- Museum Number
- CIRC.848-1956
- Description
- Screen
- Artist/Maker
- John Henry Dearle
- Location and Date
- London, 1885-1910
- Materials/Techniques
- Canvas, Silk (textile), Embroidering
- Museum Number
- P.57-1917
- Description
- A woman holding a marguerite
- Artist/Maker
- Boughton, George Henry
- Location and Date
- London, ca.1880-1890
- Materials/Techniques
- Oil paint, Millboard, Oil painting
- Museum Number
- S.1553&A-1982
- Description
- Theatre costume
- Artist/Maker
- Messel, Oliver Hilary Sambourne
- Location and Date
- Great Britain, ca. 1960
- Materials/Techniques
- Sewing
- Museum Number
- 1210-1892
- Description
- Tile
- Artist/Maker
- Unknown
- Location and Date
- England, 13th century
- Materials/Techniques
- Earthenware, Inlaid
- Museum Number
- 1001-1892
- Description
- Tile
- Artist/Maker
- Unknown
- Location and Date
- England, second half of 13th century
- Materials/Techniques
- Earthenware, Slip, Glaze, Inlaid
- Museum Number
- 1223-1892
- Description
- Tile
- Artist/Maker
- Unknown
- Location and Date
- England, 14th century
- Materials/Techniques
- Earthenware, Inlaid
- Museum Number
- 1289B-1892
- Description
- Tile
- Artist/Maker
- Unknown
- Location and Date
- England, late 13th century
- Materials/Techniques
- Earthenware, Inlaid
- Museum Number
- 1015C-1892
- Description
- Tile
- Artist/Maker
- Unknown
- Location and Date
- England, late 13th century
- Materials/Techniques
- Earthenware, Inlaid
- Museum Number
- 1228-1892
- Description
- Tile
- Artist/Maker
- Unknown
- Location and Date
- England, 13th century
- Materials/Techniques
- Earthenware, Inlaid
- Museum Number
- 621-1907
- Description
- Vase
- Location and Date
- Jingdezhen, 1662-1722
- Materials/Techniques
- Porcelain, Cobalt blue, Wheel-thrown, Painting, Underglazing