Box E
Container
Contains 2 Results:
Letter from Edwin Rosenthal, L'Art Ancien S.A. Zurich to Mrs. Robert Wood Bliss, 1537 28th Street N.W., Washington 7, D.C., April 16, 1953 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
L'Art Ancien (S.A. Zurich) and Sir Leigh Ashton
File — Box: E, Folder: 21, item: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E21:L'Art Ancien (S.A. Zurich) 1953.04.16
Scope and Contents:
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Dr. Edwin Rosenthal to Mildred Bliss tells her he has found a Byzantine ceiling lamp that she may be interested in purchasing. He offers a description and price for the item. He also includes a description of a book with fine engravings of gardens.
L'Art Ancien (S.A. Zurich) and Sir Leigh Ashton, 1948-1959
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
Sub-Group — Box: E, Folder: 21Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents:
The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...