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Wooden lid with a straw inlay in a geometric pattern.
lids
wood (plant material)
straw (plant material)
Box
Box
"Sample of straw marquetry, probably / the cover of a box. From the garret /of the Ward-Washington Hotel, house / on Washington St. Salem Mass. / Gift of Mr. Sullivan /26 February 1936" (Handwritten on back of lid.)
Unknown
Gift of Mrs. Grace L. Richards
1936.255
Salem (Essex county, Massachusetts)
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