Record ID:
298723
Accession number:
MA 7648.1
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description:
1 item (1 p.) ; 13.9 x 22.4 cm
Notes:
Part of a collection of 10 autograph letters signed and 3 typed letters signed from Maugham to Thomas Johnson. The collection also includes one typed copy of a letter from K.G. Payne to Maugham. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 7648.1-14).
Summary:
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."
Provenance:
Gordon N. Ray.
Catalog Link:
Department: