Cloth Gallery

Lady Laverys sitting room

A corner of a room belonging to Hazel, Lady Lavery, wife of the society portrait painter, Sir John Lavery. Hazel was strongly connected with Ireland and the room showing her interest in Irish industries. The table cloth pictured is of Old Bleach Linen.
1930

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Helen Duncan - Ectoplasm & Teleplasmic hand

Piece of card showing two undated photographs of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance, producing "ectoplasm" and a "hand". There are annotations to show fraudulence. This are in a series of photographs of Harry Price's investigations into the mediumship of Helen Duncan and of Esson Maule, who was involved with the exposure of Helen Duncan during a sance in Edinburgh. HPG/1/4/3 (xiii)"

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Jain cosmological map, 19th century

Jain cosmological map, 19th century. Titled Manusyaloka ('map of the world of man'), this artwork shows the world according to the cosmological traditions of Jainism, an ancient religion of India. Human couples are seen in pavilions at different levels, with rivers and world-girdling oceans (blue rings) separating them. The central continent (Jambudvipa, the island of the rose apple tree) has rivers and six mighty mountains (rows with triangles), with Mount Meru at centre (yellow circle). This artwork, from western Rajasthan, India, is gouache (a type of paint) on cloth, and dates from the 1890s

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