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Antique Signatures English Bloomsbury Author Vita Sackville-West Bayham Abbey

£750.00

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Bibelotslondon Ltd is a UK registered company based in London Bridge dealing in ephemera and curiosities from Britain and around the world. Our diverse inventory is carefully chosen and constantly evolving. We work very hard to offer the highest quality works at competitive prices. Our inventory is listed online, and we strive to keep our website completely up to date, so our customers can easily check availability. We believe in offering clients items that are unique and rare for aficionados of the antique and collector's world. Bibelot is a late nineteenth century word derived from the French word bel ‘beautiful’, meaning a small item of beauty, curiosity or interest. The word ephemera is derived from the sixteenth century Greek word ephmera meaning a printed or hand written paper not meant to be retained for a long period of time.

Fine antique stationery letter signed by English writer and member of the famous Bloomsbury Group Vita Sackville-West later Lady Nicolson (1892-1962), she was the inspiration for her friend and lover Virginia Woolf's novel 'Orlando'. Framed under glass in a gilded wooden frame. In 1872 the Marquis of Camden descended from the Pratts and built Bayham Abbey House on the other side of the Teise Valley. Other signatures include:

Victoria Sackville-West, Baroness Sackville (1862-1936), writer, poet and mother of Vita
Joan Marchioness of Camden (1877-1952), aristocrat
John Pratt, 4th Marquis of Camden (1872-1943), Peer and landowner
Sir Edmund Giles Loder (1849-1920), aristocrat and plantsman
Violet Gordon-Woodhouse (1872-1948), gifted musician 
Douglas Gordon-Woodhouse
Lady Evelyn Butler (1887-1978), aristocrat and daughter of the 4th Marquess of Ormonde
James George Anson Butler 5th Marquess of Ormonde (1890-1949), aristocrat
Sir Arthur Davison (1856-1922) courtier
Enid B. Davison
Helen Millicent James (1889-1967), wealthy Londoner
Betty Brand

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Page Size: 15.5 x 19.5 cm approx
Frame Size: 18 x 21 cm approx

Sub-Type: Authors

Type: Historical

Signed: Yes

Object: Signatures

Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

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