1-4 of 4 Results  for:

  • fashion, jewellery, and body art x
  • patron of the arts x
Clear all

Article

Coronio [née Ionides], Aglaia (1834–1906), embroiderer, bookbinder, and art patron  

Linda Parry

Coronio [née Ionides], Aglaia (1834–1906), embroiderer, bookbinder, and art patron, was the second child and elder daughter of Alexander Ionides (1810–1890) and his wife, Euterpe, née Sgouta (b. 1816), who was described in George Du Maurier's novel Trilby (1894) as '...

Article

Egerton [née Compton], Marianne Margaret, Viscountess Alford [known as Lady Marian Alford] (1817–1888), art patron and writer on needlework  

Virginia Surtees

Egerton [née Compton], Marianne Margaret, Viscountess Alford [known as Lady Marian Alford] (1817–1888), art patron and writer on needlework, was born on 21 June 1817 in the Casa del Pre, Naples; she lived with her parents in Rome from 1820 to 1830, mostly in the ...

Image

Cover Egerton, Marianne Margaret, Viscountess Alford (1817–1888)
Marianne Margaret Egerton, Viscountess Alford (1817–1888) by unknown artist Belton House, The Brownlow Collection (The National Trust). Photograph: Photographic Survey, Courtauld Institute of Art, London

Article

Eyre [married name Blythe], Mary (b. before 1603, d. in or after 1633), commissioner of a tapestry map  

Elizabeth Baigent

Eyre [married name Blythe], Mary (b. before 1603, d. in or after 1633), commissioner of a tapestry map, was the eldest daughter of Anthony Eyre (c.1576–1643×58) of Laughton-en-le-Morthen, West Riding of Yorkshire, and of Keveton, Derbyshire, and his first wife, ...