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: N8817

: Applied Art

: book of papercuts

: Booklet comprising eight pages stitched into brownish-grey paper cover. 26 letters of the alphabet made from plaited paper strips in various colours are stuck to the pages. On front page, the bookplate of Dennis Grierson Fry; and ink inscription 'Made by P.A.Fry // about 1850 // Cotham Bristol'. On cover, later typed label reads: 'Plaited paper work, made by // Priscilla Anna Fry, daughter of // Francis Fry, Tower House, Cotham // Bristol, about 1850.'

: FRY, Priscilla Anna