Aslin, Elizabeth

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Aslin, Elizabeth
Date of birth
1923-03-23
Date of death
1989-04-14
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 72633326
Wikidata: Q27532975
Library of congress: n 50002025
HAI10: 000027585
Sources of Information
  • Her Nineteenth century English furniture, c1962.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, via WWW, Mar. 17, 2010:staff obituaries (Elizabeth Mary Aslin, born March 23, 1923; died April 14, 1989)

Wikipedia description:

Elizabeth Mary Aslin (23 March 1923 – 14 April 1989) was an English art historian, administrator, author and lecturer who was a specialist in 19th and 20th century decorative arts. She was a research assistant in the Circulation Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) between 1947 and 1964, before becoming a part-time assistant keeper in charge of Bethnal Green Museum from 1964 to 1968. Aslin returned to the V&A as assistant director to John Pope-Hennessy between 1968 and 1974 and she was later appointed Bethnal Green Museum's Keeper in Charge from 1974 to 1981. She was the author of some books on 19th and 20th century decorative arts.

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