1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition

 

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Date Range

1874-1876

Photographer

Berenice Abbott

Location

Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Worktype

historic houses; mansions; manor houses

Style/Period

manor houses

Image Type

photographic prints; enlargements (copies)

Image Measurements

width: 40 inches, height: 30 inches

Inscription

[typed label, bottom right:] WATTS-SHERMAN HOUSE, 1874-76 / Shepard Avenue, Newport / Architect: H. H. Richardson / A bedroom panelled in redwood. / Photo by Abbott

Description

interior; 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); mansions; manor houses; bedrooms; paneling; fireplaces and fireplace components; canopy beds

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