Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, May 26, 1938
Accession number | B:BF 1938.05.26 |
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Sender | |
Recipient | |
Garden Area |
Bowling Green
Terrace D
Star Garden
Terrace E
32nd Street
Rose Garden
Terrior Column and Enclosure
Catalogue House
Beech Terrace
Forsythia Dell
Lilac Circle
Music Room Terrace
Orangery
Terrace C
|
Date |
1938
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Work types |
correspondence
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Description
Typewritten letter discussing plans to build garden furniture, how to screen the new museum wing from the service road, and whether to hire Coles or Havey to draw new project designs.
Refers to Havey as "the Haveylet" on page 2.
The "old service road" or drive mentioned on page 4 no longer exists.
Unsigned, probably written by Beatrix Farrand. Handwritten corrections.
Title created by cataloger.
Subjects
garden furniture
garden seats
benches (furniture)
chairs (furniture forms)
trees
flowers (plants)
galleries (display spaces)
sculpture (visual work)
walls
arches
unicorns
fences
gates
paths
swings
mock-ups
wood (plant material)
iron (metal)
ironwork (visual works)
lanterns (lighting devices)
inscriptions
tablets
vases
fountains
sundials
weathervanes
birdbaths
Coles, Frederick, 1875-
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
letters (correspondence)
Collection
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
Repository
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
Accession number | B:BF 1938.05.26 |
---|---|
Sender | |
Recipient | |
Garden Area |
Bowling Green
Terrace D
Star Garden
Terrace E
32nd Street
Rose Garden
Terrior Column and Enclosure
Catalogue House
Beech Terrace
Forsythia Dell
Lilac Circle
Music Room Terrace
Orangery
Terrace C
|
Date |
1938
|
Work types |
correspondence
|