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Collection of textiles and embroidery

Various

Twelve textiles and thirteen pieces of embroidery including samplers, baby's caps, and shawl by French, British, Italian, Chinese, Persian, Iranian, German and Turkish makers. Part of four gifts and two bequests to twenty-three museums by Jean and Rachel Alexander through the Art Fund between 1921 and 1973.

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Date supported

1955

Medium and material

Linen, silk, satin

Dimensions

Various

Gifted by

Jean & Rachel Alexander

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