THE FRENCH TAPESTRIES
SIR,—Janus, in his note on the French tapestries, asks why the Minister of Education presided at the opening and why M. Georges Salles did not speak. The Spectator has always shown such sympathy tethe arts that we think you may like to know how the opening was arranged. Mr. Tomlinson is the Minister responsible for the Victoria and Albert Museum, and he was there as host to introduce the guests: Mrs. Hugh Dalton, who opened the exhibition, and His Excellency the French Ambassador, representing the French Government, by whom the tapestries are lent. We were particularly glad to welcome the Minister at his first public appearance at an exhibition of such international importance. It was an honour and a great pleasure to have with us M. Georges Salles and M. Louis joxe, and we only wish we could have heard them speak too. But custom demands that formal openings should not go on for too long.—Yours faithfully,
LEIGH ASHTON
(Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum)
PHILIP JAMES
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