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Catalog Number |
1976.1.P043 |
Title |
Blithewold II: Wooden Album |
Date |
1910 ca |
Description |
This is a large album with wooden covers and a leather binding. The album was meant to be closed by two brass clasps affixed to the bottom and top covers of the album. The brass is shaped as a fleur de lis. The pages are heavy paper stock with uneven edges. At the beginning of the album there are six blank pages, then a hand-painted Blithewold title page. The letter "B" is illuminated in blue, red and green with birds and leaves. The other letters are gold. The album describes furnishings and accessories in the Blithewold II house by room. The text is by Bessie and Samuel Dean. There are original photographs interspersed with the descriptive text, which is all inked in calligraphy. The album is not dated. The date has been estimated at c1910 based upon the photographs being identical to some that were taken and printed in a 1910 Town & Country magazine article (see 1976.1.P042). The album is catalogued by section as indexed below: P043.001-.002b: Main Entrance P043.003ab: Enclosed Garden P043.004-.007: Western Facade and exterior views P043.008-.011: Eastern Facade and exterior views P043.012-017: Property History P043.018-.041a: Van Wickle Ancestry P043.041b-.050b: Hall P043.051a-.053a: Tapestry Description P043.053b-.060a: Dining Room P043.060b-.063a: Breakfast Room P043.063b-.065a: Loggia P043.065b-.082b: Living Room P043.083a-.085a: Billiard Room P043.085b-.087a: Chinese Room [Telephone Room] P043.087b-.091a: Staircase and Upper Hall P043.091b-.096a: Own Room [Master Bedroom] P043.096b-.110b: Van Wickle Room [Marjorie's Bedroom] P043.111a-.113b: Estelle's Room P043.114a-118a: Old Father's [or Old Fashion} Room [Guest Bedroom] P043.118b-124b: Sitting Room [Wedding Office] P043.125a-144b: Exterior Views |
Condition |
Fair |
Caption |
Wooden Album |
Associated with |
Bessie Pardee Van Wickle McKee Dean, Samuel |
Search Terms |
Photograph Blithewold II Album, Photograph Wood Album |
Number of images |
7 |
Object Name |
Album, Photograph |