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Finding A Foundling - Textiles of Identity

Haptic & Hue by Jo Andrews

Mar 5, 202640:53Arts

In a small corner of London lies one of the most evocative collection of textiles anywhere in the world. The fabrics – which are quite ordinary - are in the so-called billet books which recorded the identity and clothing...

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