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Experiments with unconventional #vegetable #fibres in #Victorian #Ireland: This breathtaking #lace #parasol cover was hand-knitted from #nasturtium fibre and gifted to #Kew Director Sir William Hooker for the @Economicbotany Museum by #Irish Viscountess Lady Doneraile in 1855.
#OGP's Collections
Collectors and artists can't split up.
Marie-Laure de Noailles and Viscount and Viscountess Charles were Dali's first patrons.
However, if those masters didn't meet the collectors...
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Lois Sturt, Viscountess Tredegar died today in Budapest, aged 37. "fast & high-spirited: she wanted to knock the stuffing out of convention"
Ava (nee Bodley), Viscountess Waverley by Napoleone Parisani oil on panel, 1902 CC-BY @NPGLondon