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A. F. (Albert Frank) Kendrick
1872–1954
Best known as a British textile historian and museum curator, he wrote clear, practical books that opened up embroidery, carpets, and church art to a wider audience. His work reflects a lifelong interest in how craftsmanship and history meet.
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Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lincoln A History and Description of its Fabric and a List of the Bishops
by A. F. (Albert Frank) Kendrick
About the author
Born in 1872, Albert Frank Kendrick was a British art and textile historian who built his career around the study of historic fabrics and decorative arts. Reliable reference sources describe him as a specialist in medieval and textile art, and note that he was born in Maidstone, Kent, later dying in 1954 in St. Peter's-in-Thanet, Kent.
Kendrick worked at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London from 1897 until 1924, where he became keeper of the Department of Textiles. Sources credit him with helping reorganize the department during an important period in the museum's early history, and his expertise made him a recognized authority on embroidery, carpets, and related arts.
Alongside his museum work, he wrote a number of books and reference pieces, including studies of English embroidery, old embroidery, and textiles from Egypt. He also contributed articles to the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica, showing how comfortably he moved between scholarship and writing for general readers.