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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 315813, member: 56&quot;]I have a similar booklet for Queen Mary&#039;s Carpet</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]104767[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]104768[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]104769[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]104770[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The booklet concerns a needlework (gros point) carpet of 12 panels and border, all the needlework done by hand by Queen Mary (wife of King George VI and grandmother of the present Queen).&nbsp; The panels were started in 1941 and the work continued through the war years to completion in 1946.&nbsp; The carpet was completed in 1950 and given to the British nation to sell as a fundraiser.&nbsp; The IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire) purchased it and toured it across Canada raising more than $100,000 for the British exchequer.&nbsp; At the end of the tour it was donated to Canada’s National Gallery where it still resides.&nbsp; I have the booklet, a smaller pamphlet (probably a free hand-out at a tour venue), and a postcard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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