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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Papier-Mâche
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A light, durable substance made from paper pulp or sheets of paper pasted together and variously treated with chemicals, heat, and pressure, largely used for ornamental trays, boxes, light furniture, &c., in which it is varnished and decorated to resemble lacquer-work, and for architectural decoration, in which it is made to imitate plaster moulding; the manufacture was learned from the Eastern nations. Persia, India, and Japan having been long familiar with it; America has adapted it to use for railroad wheels, &c.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Papier-Mâche'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/papier-macche.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Papier-Mâche'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/papier-macche.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.