Thomas Whittemore Esq.,

The Continental Savoy, Cairo April 6th 1928

The Residency

Cairo, Egypt

Dear Mr. Whittemore,

Thank you very much for the loan of the Art Bulletin. I have read Wilpert's Article with interest & (I hope) profit. He is very drastic & I should like to read a reply from Louis Bréhier or one of those he treats so unceremoniously.

Occasionally he only succeeds in convincing me that the objects are all made by one man – or in one school, but does not seem to prove the school to be modern. I do not accept ugliness as a proof of modernity. He seems to do so.

However, as I have only seen a very small part of the stuff he writes about, I am not in a position to estimate his accuracy.

Yours sincerely Las##

I hope you will remember the Coptic ( ?) rug & that an « appreciation » of it would be valuable to Eric Maclagan if you have time to send him one.

L.