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Box E

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Contains 5 Results:

Scale drawing for arched panels in loggia, 1927-1960 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 2, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E2:scale drawing
Scope and Contents:

Sketch of panel measurements in the loggia. Note in Mildred Bliss' handwriting: "Cox - Artemis frescoes - Loggia for [?]? What in Loggia? D.O." Statement probably refers to painted murals on fabric panels done by Allyn Cox in the late 1920s.

Letter from C.I. Denison to Helen Clifford, President of the Georgetown Garden Club, 1804 Forty-fifth Street N.W., Washington 7, June 26, 1957 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 2, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E2:Clifford 1957.06.26
Scope and Contents: Copy of typescript letter from from C.I. [C. Isabel] Denison, Keeper of the Founders' Room to Helen Clifford, President of the Georgetown Garden Club informs her Mrs. [Mildred] Bliss wishes to offer to the Georgetown Garden Club some books and pamphlets: Wood and garden, Gertrude Jekyll, 1901; Wildflower guide, N.W. & Midland U.S., Edgar T. Wherry, 1948; Fifty-five rare books from the botanical library of Mrs. R.A. Hunt, 1949; and Botanical books, prints & drawings from the...

Letter from G. Fred Coles, Washington, D.C. to Honorable Robert Woods Bliss, Dewey Riddle Ranch, Sunshine Valley, Cody, Wyoming, August 12, 1938 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 2, item: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E2:Coles 1938.08.12
Scope and Contents: Handwritten letter from G. Frederick Coles to Robert Woods Bliss enclosing photographs of the scale model as per Mr. [John W.] Davis' instructions. He fears the photographs are not very successful due to the lack of equipment for interior photography. The colors on the model do not record in black and white very well. Mr. Waterman is to have a photographer at Dumbarton Oaks very soon and perhaps can send you some satisfactory ones. He reports experiencing the first and welcome relief from...

Notes on measurements of paneling, 1940-1969 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 2, item: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E2:measurements of panelling
Scope and Contents:

Typescript list of measurements of interior house paneling. Unknown creator with approximate creation date of 1940-1969.

Prix des boiseries, 1940-1969 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 2, item: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E2:prix des boiseries
Scope and Contents:

Typescript estimate in French for woodwork. One estimate is for a small carved oak piece and the other for a large piece with dimensions and details attached for both. The price of the fireplace is included in that of the small woodwork. Dimensions and details no longer with note. Unknown creator with approximate creation date of 1940-1969.