http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/09/london-design-festival-britains-treasures-in-the-va/ Enjoy the very best of London Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:32:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/09/london-design-festival-britains-treasures-in-the-va/#comment-8516 Olivia Sprinkel Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:03:25 +0000 http://blog.visitlondon.com/?p=13708#comment-8516 As one of the writers lucky enough to be involved in the project, the British Galleries certainly do inspire an outward looking connection with the world, and deep curiosity. For example, my treasure was a Chinoiserie armchair from 1754, commissioned for Badminton House in Gloucestershire. I found myself reading up on the British obsession with all things Chinese at that time. And that in turn led to me looking inwards, to the land of the imagination.

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