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Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 1/4/1/9

c.1940

Photograph of woman with caption, "Gypsy woman at Metsova. Northern Greece." Written underneath, "N.Mcg.P" [Likely taken by Noel Mc Grigor Phillips]

Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 1/4/1/12

c.1940

Photograph of man with caption, "Armenian [originally read, "Greek," but this is crossed out] Gypsy Coppersmith. Near Larissa, Thessaly." Initialled, "N.Mc.P" [Noel McGriogor Phillips].

Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 1/4/1/13

c.1940

Photograph of man and performing bear. Caption reads: "Ursari and performing bear. Northern Greece."

Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 1/4/1/38

1938

Photograph labelled, "Gypsies at Thebes Spring 1938. N. Mcg. P"

Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 1/4/1/39

c.1938

Photograph of 2 men and 2 boys outside a tent. Labelled, "Gypsies in the Upper Eurotas Valley Lacedaemon (or Laconia). Old British Army tent pitched in an Olive Orchard. N.P."

Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 1/4/1/40

c.1938

Photograph labelled, "Armenian Gypsy Woman. Thessaly. N.Mcg. P."

Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 1/4/1/41

c.1938

Photograph of two women and a man (one carrying sticks).

Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 1/4/1/42

c.1938

Photograph of a woman labelled, "An Armenian [originally read Greek but crossed out] Gypsy in N. Greece. N.Mcg. P."

Textile:
ITC 1000

before 1947

Two towel ends from Mytilene, capital of Lesbos, they are embroidered with stylised flower sprays, which are repeated to form the border pattern. Bird forms are embroidered between. The embroidery i...

Textile:
ITC 1001

late 19th-mid 20th Century

This narrow length of fabric has been embroidered with a geometric pattern. The label attached reads "2nd border worked also in Lady Egerton's embroidery school after or during Turco-Greco war.". Th...

Textile:
ITC 1002

before 1947

This item is a fragment with a border pattern of geometric flower motifs reminiscent of the Queen pattern. It is worked in pale shades of rose and green using pattern darning. The original label att...

Textile:
ITC 1003

late 19th-mid 20th Century

This item is a narrow length of fabric embroidered with geometric patterns, probably originally intended to form some kind of border. An original hand written label accompanies the item, which may or...