1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition

 

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Creation Date

1698

Photographer

Arthur LeBoeuf

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States

Worktype

historic houses

Style/Period

American Colonial

Image Type

photographic prints

Image Measurements

8 inches x 10 inches

Inscription

[typed, top:] From the show called "RHODE ISLAND ARCHITECTURE", June, 1939- October / 29[sic], 1930 [sic]. At the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Prov- / idence, Rhode Island. / Exhibited Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, November and December, 1939. / Exhibited Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin, February, 1940. / Selected examples exhibited Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, / March, 1940. [typed, bottom:] JOSEPH REYNOLDS HOUSE, 956 Hope St, Bristol, Rhode Island. 1698. / Photo Le Boeuf. / Fireplace wall of the keeping room. An early and fine example of Late / Stuart paneling. Marblizing [sic] was probably rather usual on early work of / such elaboration, but such elaboration itself is most unusual at this date.

Description

verso of photograph; Photograph exhibited in Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition, 1939, RISD Museum. Curated by RISD Museum Director Alexander Dorner (tenure 1938-1941) and architectural historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock.

Keywords

architecture (discipline); fireplaces; fire screens (equipment); paneling

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