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Unidentified: Social and recreational areas.

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

undated

GUSN

GUSN-318581

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Description

Photograph depicts interior of room looking at an external door with several windows on each side. A staircase stands in the left corner. In the room are several pieces of furnture including a desk, chairs, a piano, a spindle, and a stand holding a sculpture. The room contains many lamps and decorative items.

On the reverse of the photograph is written "Stephen Waterman, Providence RI" and "Hall- Beach Bluffs" There is also a print of a greenhouse on the reverse of the photograph and an additional oval mat for the back of the print.

The photograph was removed from a 19th century wooden frame that was probably not original to the photograph.

Details

Descriptive Terms

statues
desks
lamps (lighting devices)
pianos
chairs (furniture forms)
windows
stairs
photographs

Physical Description

1 framed photograph. Print: 9.5x8.5 inches. Frame: 15x13 inches.

Collection Code

PC002

Collection Name

Domestic interiors photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

2016

Reference Code

PC002.USUnknown.241

Record Details

Material Type

photographs

Description Level

Item

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