Bio.: Large: Richardson
GUSN-195004
An interior view of the private library and office of Henry Hobson Richardson in the residence, originally the Samuel Gardner Perkins House, on 25 Cottage Street in Brookline, Massachusetts where he lived and worked from 1874 to his death in 1886. Bookshelves and bookcases line the walls. Oak beams cross the ceiling. Curtains are open to reveal another area of the space. Plaster castings and other art objects fill the room. A large framed photograph of the nave and apse of the Hagia Sofia Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey rests on an easel. A skylight illuminates the rooms.
beam ceilings
skylights
offices (work spaces)
private libraries (buildings)
oak (wood)
castings (object genre)
clients
curtains
interior views
bookcases
bookshelves
business (commercial function)
architects
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
DigitalID 000222
AccessID 315
Other identifier HNEDID-000222
1 photograph
PC004
Personal photographic collection
PC004.01.R.0500.01
ca. 1908
Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886
Ayasofya Mu¨zesi
Cottage Street (Brookline, Mass.)
Architectural photography
Item
Bio.: Large: Richardson
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