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'Informed seeing': reading the seventeenth-century embroidered cabinet at Milton Manor House through its historical and social contexts

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'Informed seeing': reading the seventeenth-century embroidered cabinet at Milton Manor House through its historical and social contexts . / Pullan, Amanda.
In: Textile History, Vol. 47, No. 1, 2016, p. 49-59.

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Pullan, A 2016, ''Informed seeing': reading the seventeenth-century embroidered cabinet at Milton Manor House through its historical and social contexts ', Textile History, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/00404969.2016.1144700

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Pullan, A. (2016). 'Informed seeing': reading the seventeenth-century embroidered cabinet at Milton Manor House through its historical and social contexts . Textile History, 47(1), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/00404969.2016.1144700

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Pullan A. 'Informed seeing': reading the seventeenth-century embroidered cabinet at Milton Manor House through its historical and social contexts . Textile History. 2016;47(1):49-59. Epub 2016 Apr 13. doi: 10.1080/00404969.2016.1144700

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Pullan, Amanda. / 'Informed seeing' : reading the seventeenth-century embroidered cabinet at Milton Manor House through its historical and social contexts . In: Textile History. 2016 ; Vol. 47, No. 1. pp. 49-59.

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