The Victoria & Albert, located in South Kensington, is one of the largest collections of applied art in the world. It started in 1852 as the Museum of Manufactures founded by Prince Albert, with the object of providing models which craftsmen could study and use to improve the decorative design of manufactured items. It became part of the South Kensington Museum in 1857 and was given its present name by Queen Victoria in 1899 when she laid the foundation stone for the Museum’s extension. The Victoria & Albert contains every kind of applied art imaginable: ceramics, furniture, woodwork, musical instruments, textiles, clothing, glass... and includes also prints, drawings and paintings. Of particular interest to Christians are a wealth of objects from the late Roman period and the Middle Ages related to the church and Christian worship—altar furniture, reliquaries, candlesticks, stained glass, book covers, statuettes and so forth. Many of the Renaissance items also have Christian significance, including Room 48 which contains seven of ten cartoons by Raphael designed as patterns for tapestries woven in Brussels for the Sistine Chapel (1515–16).