BF 1938.05.26.pdf

Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, May 26, 1938

Accession number	B:BF 1938.05.26
Sender	Beatrix Farrand
Recipient	Mildred Barnes Bliss
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

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	Beatrix Farrand
Recipient	Mildred Barnes Bliss
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

Index Terms

Orion chair → aluminum inserts for

Lilac Circle → seat → existing, low wall and

Unicorn and Lady or Unicorn Lady → base for → and placement of

forsythia arch → inscription and gate materials for

design costs, Coles vs. Havey and

Coles, G. Frederick → design costs per diem and quality by

Havey, Ruth M. → design costs per diem and quality by

forsythia seats → path to Unicorn Lady from

lanterns → star → starting point for design of

Havey, Ruth M. → star lantern and

Terrior Column → swing → design considerations

finalities [frieze] → "quod severis" model for

terra cotta → urns → suitable places for

Terrior Column → terra cotta vases could be placed at

terrace E → terra cotta vases could be placed at

Drawing Room → terrace under → terra cotta vases could be placed at

Music Room → terra cotta vases could be placed at west side of

Bowling Green or Bowling Alley → fountain, terra cotta vases could be placed at

Gouvert fountain, terra cotta vases could be placed at

lead soldiers → placement questions

Catalogue House → map in → potential, by W.P.A. artist for

ironwork → colours for

Gray's Memorial → placement questions about

National Association of Gardeners (N.A.G.) → Gray's Memorial and

Bryce, James → Gray's Memorial and

Farrand, Beatrix → Gray's Memorial and

Music Room → wall outside of

sun dial → finding position for

bird bath → finding position on east side of office for

dipping well → finding position for

weathervane → finding position for

Gustav Adolf (Crown Prince and later king of Sweden) → seating in garden for

Drawing Room → terrace under → Crown Prince and Crown Princess visit and

Music Room → passageway to new wing from

trees → in line of possibly shifted service road and

Davis, John → map needed of tree placement near service road and music room from

32nd Street → wings on, new wing and

Reef Point (Gardens) → beauty of → spring succession of blooming at

Schelling, Ernest → mourning Lucie, difficult for others

Farrand, Beatrix, scheduling → 1938, potential vacation to N. Calif. with Max

Boötes chair → aluminum inserts for

Terrior Column → Orion and Boötes chairs at

Gemini constellation → for stucco panel near star lantern

Corona constellation → for stucco panel near star lantern

Sweden, Crown Prince and Crown Princess of → seating in garden for

benches and seats → for Lilac Circle → existing, low wall and

fountains → Gouvert, at Bowling Green

paths → to Unicorn Lady from forsythia seats

forsythia seats → new position for

Star Garden → lantern for → starting point for design of

map of Dumbarton Oaks → in Catalogue House → potential, by W.P.A. artist

aluminum → inserts, for Orion and Boötes chairs

service road at DO → possibly shifted, trees and other plants in line of

benches and seats → Terrior Column swing → design considerations for

fountains → Bowling Green/Alley, terra cotta vases could be placed at

walls → for Lilac Circle, existing seat and

walls → Music Room, outside of

chairs → Orion and Boötes → aluminum inserts for

Margareta, Crown Princess of Sweden → seating in garden for

new wing → service entrance and

service entrance (1701 32nd Street) → new wing and

Surname Unknown, Juliet → knowing Ernest through MB and

Rhododendron (rhododendrons) → Unicorn Lady to be placed between trees among

Li giardini di Roma: con le loro piante, alzate e vedvte in prospettiva (Falda) → garden perspective maps in

Buxus sempervirens → in line of possibly shifted service road and

Falda, Giovanni Batista (artist) → Li giardini di Roma: con le loro piante, alzate e vedvte in prospettiva → garden perspective maps in

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