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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, May 28, 1942

 
Accession number B:BF 1942.05.28
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, May 28, 1942
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Forsythia Dell
Rose Garden
Crabapple Hill
Entrance Drive
Dumbarton Oaks Park
Mélisande’s Allée
Green Garden
East Lawn
Star Garden
Fountain Terrace
North Vista
Director’s House and Terrace
South Side of House
Kitchen Gardens
Terrior Column and Enclosure
Beech Terrace
Service Court
South Lawn
Museum Courtyard
Orangery
Swimming Pool and Loggia
Terrace E
Box Walk
Catalogue House
Cherry Hill
Herbaceous Border
Lilac Circle
Date
1942
Work types
notes
correspondence

Subjects

gardens
plants
terraces (landscaped-site elements)
ironwork (visual works)
hedges
inscriptions
lawns (landscaped grass)
trees
flowers (plants)
cherry (plant)
paving stone
steps (stair units)
walkways
mosaics (visual works)
fountains
roses
stucco
flowerpots
garden furniture
chairs (furniture forms)
benches (furniture)
garden seats
quotations (texts)
marble (rock)
loggias
orangeries
plant lists
visitors
Garden tours
guides (people)
capitals (column components)
gates
paint (coating)
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.), DC
Accession number B:BF 1942.05.28
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, May 28, 1942
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Forsythia Dell
Rose Garden
Crabapple Hill
Entrance Drive
Dumbarton Oaks Park
Mélisande’s Allée
Green Garden
East Lawn
Star Garden
Fountain Terrace
North Vista
Director’s House and Terrace
South Side of House
Kitchen Gardens
Terrior Column and Enclosure
Beech Terrace
Service Court
South Lawn
Museum Courtyard
Orangery
Swimming Pool and Loggia
Terrace E
Box Walk
Catalogue House
Cherry Hill
Herbaceous Border
Lilac Circle
Date
1942
Work types
notes
correspondence