CARPETS

[Prince Albert Edward, later King Edward VII] Letter Signed Albert Edward, text in secretarial hand, inviting (with explanation) Vincent Robinson to act as a Juror (Carpets, Tapestries, etc) at the French International Exhibition of 1878.

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Prince Albert Edward [later King Edward VII]
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Embossed stamp (Royal Commission Paris Exhibition), Hotel Bristol, Place Vendome, 14 May 1878
£160.00

Three pages (of a bifolium), folio, yellowed and somewhat transparent, crumpled, sellotape repairing split in second leaf, but text clear and complete. Text (secretarial handwriting) outlines at length the aim of recruiting highly qualified Jurors (eminent men) for the French Exhibition of 1878, and going on to invite Vincent Robinson to act as Juror for Class xxi (Carpets, Tapestry, etc.). See Image of pp.2 & 3, illustrating condition and signature. Note: A.

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Autograph Letter Signed ('Francis Crossley') from the carpet manufacturer and Liberal Member of Parliament Sir Francis Crossley, explaining his reason for declining a dinner invitation.

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Sir Francis Crossley (1817-1872) carpet manufacturer, philanthropist and Liberal MP, whose carpet factory at Dean Clough Mills, Halifax, Yorkshire, was the largest in the world
Publication details: 
Halifax; 28 March 1866.
£60.00

1p., 12mo. On aged paper, with traces of grey paper mount adhering to the reverse. He thanks the unnamed male recipient for the 'very kind favor of the 23rd. Instant': 'my Parliamentary duties & business engagements demand so much of my time that I am obliged to decline, with but very rare exceptions indeed, all invitations of the character named'. He asks the recipient 'to have me excused complying with your wishes'.

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