Subject:

Oakley, Violet  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Date:

1911 Feb. 6

Place of publication, production, or execution:

Other

Physical Description:

1 photographic print : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm.

Summary:

Date from stamp on verso of photograph. <br> Handwritten notes on verso identify the window and pendentives around it (clockwise from top left): 4th pendentive, <em>The high tower</em>; 1st pendentive, <em>Dwellers in tents - wanderers in the desert</em>; 2nd pendentive, <em>Ancient foundations - Egypt</em>; 3rd pendentive, <em>The dome of the Renaissance</em>; glass in the dome, <em>The building of the house of wisdom</em>.

Citation:

Stained glass dome designed by Violet Oakley in Charlton Yarnall's home in Philadelphia, 1911 Feb. 6. Violet Oakley papers, 1841-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note:

U.S. public domain

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Topic:

Art in interior decoration  Search this

Glass painting and staining  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)8885

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Violet Oakley papers, 1841-1981

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

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