Object number
M.53.9
Title
White linen tablecloth with autographs of famous cricketers
Date
1905 - 1910
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Description
Tea-table cloth autographed by Australian, English and South African Cricketers, 1905-1910. White linen with indented crochet border. Design: within a hem line of drawn stitch work, the centre is covered with autographs embroidered in red, violet and grey, including that of the donor. On the underside, in one corner, are embroidered the dates 1905 and 1910.
Display caption
CLOTH embroidered with the names of various cricketers
Presented by C J T Pool through E E Pool, May 1953
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MCC/AAL/2/TEMP122 : Curator's correspondence relating to loans to the Hove Museum of Art and the Commonwealth Relations Office
MCC/AAL/2/TEMP82 : Curator's correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC 1945-1960 donor surname P
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