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- ↑ Lesley Jackson (8 February 2007). Twentieth Century Pattern Design. Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-1-56898-712-5 . Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ↑ Elenhank | People | Collection of Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
- ↑ The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Search the Collections
- ↑ Kluck, Eleanor | The Art Institute of Chicago
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