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Mildred Bliss to Ruth Havey, August 12, 1949

 
Accession number E20:MB 1949.08.12
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Arbor Terrace
North Vista
Terrior Column and Enclosure
Rose Garden
House Interiors
Cool House
Mélisande’s Allée
Date
1949
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter discussing acceptable designs and estimates for ongoing projects in the gardens. Projects include the Finalities tablet in the Rose Garden, the conversion of the Cool House (greenhouse) into a Garden Center, the steps for Mélisande's Allée, the panels in the Arbor Garden or Terrace, finials for the North Vista gates, and fabric for the Founders' Room.

Last three pages are letters and carbon copies of letters from G. Morris Steinbraker to Mildred Bliss, providing estimates for projects.

Unsigned with handwritten corrections. Probably written by Mildred Bliss.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

estimates
garden furniture
benches (furniture)
stone (worked rock)
lettering (layout features)
inscriptions
arbors
steps (stair units)
pavements (surface elements)
paving
sundials
niches
finials
gates
teak (wood)
marble (rock)
limestone
granite (rock)
lead (metal)
concrete
trees
drainage
panels (ornament areas)
sketches
letters (correspondence)
Thacher, John
Steinbraker, G. Morris
greenhouses
Patterson, Robert W. (1905-1988)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
Accession number E20:MB 1949.08.12
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Arbor Terrace
North Vista
Terrior Column and Enclosure
Rose Garden
House Interiors
Cool House
Mélisande’s Allée
Date
1949
Work types
correspondence

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