Drawing: Elevation of the window wall of the drawing room of the house of Herman Oelrichs, New York.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Creator
J. G. Garton, English, active in U.S.A.
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
An arched bay divides two arched windows, each surmounted by painted panels in rocaille frames, in the style of Germain Boffrand. Inscribed (in pencil), lower right: "Designed and executed by J.Gillow Garton." On verso: "A portion of design of entire salon for Mrs. Olerichs on north side of her home on 57th street., New York. I employed special artists from Paris for decorative paintings on wall."
ca. 1900
Accession Number
1960-249-1
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
architecture, interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Graphite, brush and watercolors on two sheets of paper (joined)
Dimensions
Sheet: 36 x 62 cm ( 14 3/16 x 24 7/16 in.)
made in
USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1960-249-1
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47595d422-3b4a-479f-83fb-3855e6dd4902
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