Typed letter signed : West Los Angeles, to Thomas Johnson, 1941 July 22.

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Typed letter signed : West Los Angeles, to Thomas Johnson, 1941 July 22.

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Thanking Johnson for the wallpaper designs but saying he must see the colors in person; discussing the color of a sofa and remarking that "a self coloured red something in the nature of crushed strawberry or old rose would be more suitable" than "green or old gold"; saying he hopes Johnson has not "committed [him] to any of the materials for curtains except those for the drawing-room."

1 item (1 p.) ; 13.9 x 22.4 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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