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The Salem Athenæum
337 Essex Street, Salem MA 01970
tel 978-744-2540
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Exhibit Photos

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Exhibit poster by Julie Shaw Lutts

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Display wall of thematic endpapers

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Right display wall

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Corner display

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Asian motif corner

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Introduction case

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Marbled patterns chart

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Marbled patterns case

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Antique marbled endpapers

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Small-scale geometric and floral-patterned endpapers

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Floral-patterned, informative and German art nouveau endpapers.

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Mirror case

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Mirror case with over-marbled, unusual pictorial and art nouveau endpapers.

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Fairy tales case

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Asian motif case

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Mismatch game table

With many thanks to Stuart Walker, Book Conservator at the Boston Public Library, who generously shared his knowledge of marbled and decorated papers and of endpapers.