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Decoration for the grand ballroom and Palm Room of the Somerset Hotel, Boston, Mass., 1910-1911

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1910-1911

Location Note

HGO-01-001-M-C-17

GUSN

GUSN-268193

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Description

Drawings for a commercial project for decoration in the grand ballroom and Palm Room of the Somerset Hotel on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Mass.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hotels (public accommodations)
ballrooms
decoration (process)
architectural drawings (visual works)
blueprints (reprographic copies)

Additional Identification Number

Little & Browne Collection LB CP hot

Physical Description

1 set of 31 architectural drawings : ink on linen, pencil on vellum, colored pencil on heavy paper and blueprints

Collection Code

AR004

Collection Name

Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

Reference Code

AR004.001.002.012

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Little, Arthur, 1852-1925 (Architect)
Browne, Herbert W. C., 1860-1946 (Architect)
Little & Browne (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
blueprints (reprographic copies)

Description Level

File

Location Note

HGO-01-001-M-C-17

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