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Two applique work covers & embroidered coverlet

Unknown artist, 1580–1720

Aston Hall, Birmingham

Two large covers with applique work, Italian, late 16th and early 17th centuries; and an embroidered coverlet, English, early 18th century. Currently missing from the collection. 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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Two applique work covers & embroidered coverlet, 1580–1720

Date supported

1955

Gifted by

Jean & Rachel Alexander

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