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Remembering Avis Higgs: painter, designer, and ‘a truly awesome woman’

Last week, we received the sad news that textile designer Avis Higgs had passed away just a few days after celebrating her 98th birthday. History curator Claire Regnault pays tribute to ‘a truly awesome woman.’Read more

2016-10-26
By: Claire Regnault
On: 26 Oct 2016
In: Art, History

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