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Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923)
Category
Textiles
Date
1892
Materials
Cotton, Oak
Measurements
235 x 330 mm
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Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1118625
Summary
Cotton 'huckaback' towelling makeup towel inscribed 'Merci my dearling - Sarah Bernhardt 1892'. (Ellen Terry lent her dressing room to Sarah Bernhardt for a special matinee and found this message written in grease paint on a corner of the dressing table cloth). In an oak frame.
Marks and inscriptions
Merci my dearling / Sarah Bernhardt / 1892
Makers and roles
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), inscriber