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M.31.4
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Tray cloth with signatures of 200 cricketers
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Autographs of about 200 cricketers, on a Tea-table cloth incorporated into card-table, early 20th century. White linen, scalloped edge, embroidered in colours. Under glass top of four-legged table. Design: inside border and on the central panel are about 200 autographs of turn of the century cricketers embroidered in white, pink, blue, navy, fawn etc. Decorating the edge, centre and other parts is a bold pattern in broderie anglaise.
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Table (glass-topped) with CLOTH on which are embroidered the autographs of numerous cricketers.
Presented by Sir D J Tata, July 1931
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MCC/AAL/2/TEMP85 : Curator's correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC 1945-1960 donor surnames T-V
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