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TLS signed “Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,” one page, 5.25 x 7.5, personal ‘white scallop shell’ letterhead, December 9, 1968. Letter to noted textile designer Leslie Tillett, in full: “I do want to thank you for the little butterfly potholder, which you sent as a wedding present. I love it and it was so thoughtful of you to remember us. Also, I want to thank you for your letter about Bedford-Stuyvesant. I am so touched and happy by all you are doing. I know how very much it means to so many people. Please do send me the memorandum as I would be most interested.” Kennedy adds the salutation in her own hand. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.
From the 1940s through the 1970s, Doris Doctorow (D.D.) and Leslie Tillett ran Tillett Textiles as a husband-and-wife team, designing and printing custom fabrics in their home studio on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. They met in Mexico—Leslie, an artist, and D.D., a photojournalist for Harper’s Bazaar—and began producing hand-printed textiles known for their painterly quality and hands-on techniques. Their work quickly found an audience among leading tastemakers, including Jacqueline Kennedy, who commissioned their fabrics for the White House, as well as Bunny Mellon, Greta Garbo, Gary Cooper, Harry S. Truman, and more.
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