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Japanned writing pad. Front cover is decorated with a multi colored floral bouquet of roses, tulips, and bluebells on a gold ground. Scrolling foliate leaf pattern frames the central design. One pearlized button in each corner. Back cover is black with a single floral bouquet painted in gold in the center. Back cover is missing a button from the bottom right corner. Interior lined with paper printed with repeating scences of pagodas, swans, birds, and boats in gold on a yellow ground.
writing boards (tablets)
portfolios (containers)
paper (fiber product)
japanning
Pad, Writing
Unknown
12 x 9 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1921.253
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