Rose and Lily woven wool and silk

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Date: 29/12/1894
Dimensions: 218 x 182
Object Type: archival
Material: pen on paper
Technique: hand-written
Catalogue number: J362
Author: Morris, William, 1834, 1896
Recipient: Thirkell (née Mackail), Angela, Mrs (1890 - 1961)
Credit notes: Presented by Angela Thirkell, 1950

Letter from William Morris to four year old Angela Mackail (granddaughter of Edward Burne-Jones), thanking her for her Christmas gift of a new pen.

Kelmscott House,

Upper Mall,

Hammersmith

Dec: 29^th 1894

My dear Angela

Thank you very much for sending me the pretty pen; I have already written a good deal with it & shall write more.

When are you coming to see me?

Yours affectionately

William Morris

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