Matthew Winterbottom

About The Author

Matthew Winterbottom is Assistant Keeper and Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum’s Department of Western Art. He has over 30 years of experience of working in museums, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Royal Collection, and Holburne Museum, Bath. He has a wide knowledge of European decorative arts from the late 15th century to the present day, including ceramics, metalwork, glass, furniture, and textiles. He is a Supernumerary Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford.

Books by Matthew Winterbottom

Maiolica and Faience

Acquisitions of European tin-glaze and related pottery for the Ashmolean Museum, 2017–25

By Timothy Wilson, Matthew Winterbottom and Francesca Leoni

Acquisitions of Italian Maiolica by the Ashmolean since 2017, making it one of the world's most important and wide-ranging collections.

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Colour Revolution

Victorian Art, Fashion & Design

Edited by Charlotte Ribeyrol and Matthew Winterbottom

An exploration of the changing status of colour in the Victorian period through painting, sculpture, decorative arts and fashion, published to accompany an exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum.

Contrary to the monochrome vision of Queen Victoria’s mourning dresses and the coal-pollute...