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RONALD FREYBERGER
4445 POST ROAD
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10471

February 9, 1972

Mr. Germain Seligman
5 East 57 Street
New York, N.Y. 10022

Dear Mr. Seligman,

It is always rewarding to spend time in your company and this morning was no exception.  I learned a lot, as I always do from you, and one of the things I found out, to my dismay, incidentally, is that I failed to make an important new discovery regarding Pierre Paul Prud'hon's activity as a designer of decorative arts.

It was very interesting too to hear you speak of your former associates, notably Cesar M. De Hauke.

Please find enclosed an extract I copies from The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture which I think helps one understand the use of the expression "coeval glass" in English-speaking countries.

I hope that you and Mrs. Seligman thoroughly enjoy your winter holiday, and I look forward to seeing you after your return to New York.

With best regards to you and to Mrs. Seligman, I remain

Yours sincerely,

Ronald Freyberger
Ronald Freyberger