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A Collection of Distinctive Hand-Block Printed Linens and Cretonnes
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Illustrations: photomechanical process
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1959
Title: A Collection of Distinctive Hand-Block Printed Linens and Cretonnes
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Illustrations: photomechanical process.
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