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1 Such colours stun (anagram) — a painting of the Madonna in an enclosed garden (6,9)
9 Bowl stars rise (anagram) — artists employed by the Doulton factory in the 1870s (6,7)
16 Person of great wealth or importance (5)
17 Porcelain factory founded by Benjamin Lund in 1750 (7)
18 Green (7)
19 One who lives on an income from rents or investments (7)
20 Roman silver coins (7)
21 A succession of monarchs of the same family (7)
22 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (7)
23 Eckmann, German graphic artist and art nouveau designer (1865- 1902) (4)
25 The eastern part of a church containing the altar (7)
27 American architect and influential furniture designer (1907-78) (7,5)
31 Deep red (7)
34 One who fits furnitures with cushions, padding, covering fabric, etc. (11)
36 Small containers for use at the breakfast table (7)
38 Influential German philosopher, poet, and Classical philologist (1844-1900) (9)
39 English watercolour painter, illustrator and designer (1903- 89), best known for his book illustrations (6,6)
41 Subjects of Darius? (8)
43 Pertaining to George Bernard Shaw (7)
45 Angels often depicted as winged heads of children (7)
46 Portable megaphones (11)
49 Filth tale (anagram) - part of the introductory matter of a book (4,5)
51 Organisation founded in 1885 by a group of painters including Sickert and Clausen (3,7,3,4)
60 Paper money (9)
61 Carved openwork cresting, as used on medieval screens, etc. (11)
63 Chanticleer (7)
64 A mechanically driven dirigible aircraft (7)
66 Criterion — or flag (8)
68 Flag of the Confederate States of America (5,3,4)
70 Biblical writings not forming part of the accepted canon (9)
72 Government order imposing a trade barrier (7)
74 Influential English furniture designer (11)
76 Light cavalry (7)
77 Postcard collector (12)
79 “Trouble —”, 1953 Norman Wisdom film (2,5)
82 Paul —, English painter (1889- 1946) renowned for his war paintings and landscapes (4)
84 One who journeys to a sacred place (7)
86 Alloy in which zinc is the main constituent (7)
88 Henry — (1720-53), Georgian furniture designer and engraver (7)
92 Wine bottle chiller (3,4)
93 Largest city and chief port of Sicily (7)
94 Large-billed birds of tropical America (7)
95 King of Troy (5)
96 First for heads (anagram) - English pottery centre (13)
97 A plain red screen (anagram) — leading Nuremberg maker of display pewter (6,9)
Down
1 Sharpened, as on a whetstone (5)
2 Another name for acacia (7)
3 Brown earthy mineral used as a pigment (5)
4 A light two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse (9)
5 Nymphs of rivers or springs (6)
6 Lingua franca of mediaeval Europe (5)
7 Lesser nick (anagram) — printing process (4,6)
8 Part of the Kingdom of Sardinia ceded to France in 1860 (5)
9 Bear about (anagram) — French designer of Art Nouveau bronze vases (9)
10 19th century movement in art and literature insisting on the portrayal of ordinary contemporary life (7)
11 Semiaquatic mammal with short smooth fur (5)
12 Bewitching singer (5)
13 “Going for a —”, antiques quiz show on TV (4)
14 “Four Quartets” poet (5)
15 Horn jest in line (anagram) — English cartoonist and illustrator (1820-1914) (3,4,7)
24 César —, eminent Swiss hotelier (1850-1918) (4)
25 A large chair or small sofa to seat two people (8)
26 Four-spiked iron balls thrown on the ground to impede cavalry horses (8)
28 Commedia dell’ Arte figure (9)
29 Gold $10 coin of the USA (5)
30 Steward or major-domo of a medieval great house (9)
31 Traditional board game (5)
32 Room in a church where the vestments, sacred vessels, etc., are kept (8)
33 Loosely twisted worsted yarn used in fancy work and embroidery (6)
35 Catherine —, fifth wife of Henry VIII (6)
37 A corset (5)
40 Antibes (anagram) — medieval steel helmet (7)
42 Items of playground equipment (7)
44 In music, the highest male voice or lowest female voice (4)
47 Hard-wearing linen fabric (7)
48 A small map or diagram within the borders of a larger one (5)
50 A republic in West Africa founded by freed American slaves (7)
52 Piece of furniture to hold items for personal ablutions (9)
53 Paintings or carvings on three hinged panels (9)
54 Oh! air and ambush (anagram) — Dutch painter of hunting scenes and animals fighting (7,7)
55 Huge (8)
56 Ancient Egyptian symbol of life (4)
57 Substances used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing (8)
58 Canadian capital (6)
59 Emblem consisting of three human legs as in the badge of the Isle of Man (8)
61 William —, English poet, painter and engraver (1757-1827) (5)
62 English landscape painter in water-colours (1775-1802) (6)
65 Renowned 17th century diarist (5)
67 Of the country (5)
69 Eyeglasses with long handles (10)
71 Twenty quires (4)
73 Type of pan used for slow cooking (4-5)
75 A rapid sec (anagram) — describing watches from 1650 to c.1800 (4-5)
78 Legendary nymph of the Rhine who lured sailors to shipwreck (7)
80 Translucent type of glass of a slightly milky appearance (7)
81 Elegant and refined in manners (6)
83 City in Tuscany noted for its medieval school of Gothic art (5)
84 Less brightly coloured (5)
85 Lazuli, brilliant blue gemstone (5)
86 A member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno (5)
87 Reddish-brown wood used as a veneer (5)
89 John —, English artist born in 1903, who designed the stained glass for Coventry Cathedral (5)
90 Evil spirit (5)
91 Fine leather used by bookbinders (4)
