AN ALTER-CLOTH OF HUMAN HAIR.
St. Frideswide's Church, Poplar, has just been enriched by an interesting gift, which is probably unique in England. It is an altar-cloth, valued at more than 2,000 guineas, which, like Penelope's web, has taken ten years to manufacture, and is partly woven of human hair. St. Frideswide's —which is one of the most beautiful modern edifices in the East End -*-was, as the rare dedication implies, erected by members of Christ Church, Oxford, and is the only church in London which possesses a votive ship such as may be seen in the churches of HoUand.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 26 October 1901, Page 4
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100AN ALTER-CLOTH OF HUMAN HAIR. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 26 October 1901, Page 4
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