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THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE - LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1888-1935)A SILK HEADDRESS (KAFFIYAH)
Lot 537 Property from the Collection of David Gainsborough Roberts

THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE - LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1888-1935)A SILK HEADDRESS (KAFFIYAH)

CIRCA 1920

Closed14 September 2016

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THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE - LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1888-1935)
A SILK HEADDRESS (KAFFIYAH)
CIRCA 1920
55 x 47 ¼ in. (140 x 120 cm.)

T.E. Lawrence.
Cosmo Clark, C.B.E, M.C., R.A., R.W.S., N.E.A.C, 1922.
Thence by descent.
Sotheby's, London, 27 March 1996, lot 481.

Specialist note

This scarf was given to the artist, Cosmo Clark by Lawrence after he had sat for a portrait in 1922. Clark was one of the illustrators for Lawrence's books 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom' and 'Revolt in the Desert'.