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Purple Bird

Designer Charles Frances Annesley Voysey (British, 1857–1941)

Other Alexander Morton & Co. (weaver)

DateJune 1898

Place createdUnited Kingdom, Europe

Mediumwool, silk, cotton

Dimensions42 7/8 × 60 in. (108.9 × 152.4 cm)

ClassificationsTextiles

DepartmentFashion Arts and Textiles

Credit LineMuseum Purchase: Gift of Erasmus Gest, by exchange

Accession Number1992.58

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