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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, November 13, 1940

Accession number	B:BF 1940.11.13
Sender	Beatrix Farrand
Recipient	Mildred Barnes Bliss
Garden Area	Terrior Column and Enclosure Ellipse Lilac Circle Dumbarton Oaks Park Forsythia Dell
Date	1940
Work types	correspondence

Subjects

Harvard University

lettering (layout features)

arches

garden furniture

benches (furniture)

birdbaths

gates

piers (supporting elements)

caps (pedestal components)

paint (coating)

finials

trellises

paving stone

ellipses

Dumbarton Oaks Park (Washington, D.C.)

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection

Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)

Accession number	B:BF 1940.11.13
Sender	Beatrix Farrand
Recipient	Mildred Barnes Bliss
Garden Area	Terrior Column and Enclosure Ellipse Lilac Circle Dumbarton Oaks Park Forsythia Dell
Date	1940
Work types	correspondence

Index Terms

Harvard University → BF on relief of turning DO over to

Farrand, Max → illnesses of → recuperating

Farrand, Beatrix → illnesses of → recuperating

forsythia arch → cartouche cut, benches finished, but bird bath placement?

Havey, Ruth M. → lettering work by

Lilac Circle → checking on MB satisfaction with

gates → service entrance → and caps, made and in place

limestone → agreement on decision to use

benches and seats → Terrior Column → probably now finished

paint → colors being worked on

finials → D terrace, south side → made in fruit

benches and seats → bamboo iron, usability of

bamboo iron seat, usability of

Dumbarton Oaks Park → decision made on

Ellipse → drain drenching newly placed seat in

benches and seats → for Ellipse → newly placed, drain drenching of

Museum → bluestone path north of

paving → bluestone path north of Museum

service entrance (1701 32nd Street) → trellis on south side of

trellis → on south side of service entrance

south building, finishing planting around

oaks → at Dumbarton Oaks → great white, replacement of

Green Garden → (great) white oak in → illness of

Thompson, Mr. → on great white oak in Green Garden

Bryce, James → on Green Garden's great white oak

Loggia → stone bench for → "eared," against wall west of

benches and seats → for Museum entrance niche

Museum → bench for entrance niche of

Museum Cortile → furniture for → sketch for bench, two chairs, and table in

benches and seats → and table, for the court, sketch of

cornerstone → position and notes on inscription

front door → RH on inscriptions for

inscriptions → Forsythia circle and outer rim of Forsythia circle

Forsythia Circle → inscriptions for outer rim of

Hazel walk → wooden gate across, DO Park and

Dumbarton Oaks Park → wooden gate across Hazel walk and

dipping well → deferring discussion of

wall dial → deferring discussion of

front door → wall around south parking space opposite

walls → around south parking space opposite front door

Bryce, James → DO transfer to Harvard and → to be kept on after

Updike, Berkeley → Casa Dorinda visit by

Lucking, Philip (at Casa Dorinda) → maintenance questions from BF to

Casa Dorinda → BF checking on

fountains → Lilac Circle → shell not feasible for

paths → bluestone → north of Museum

service entrance (1701 32nd Street) → gates → and caps, made and in place

benches and seats → for Ellipse → design of

Green Garden → (great) white oak in → replacement of

gates → between DO Park and DO → wooden gate across Hazel walk and

bluestone → path north of Museum of

lettering → by Havey

benches and seats → for Loggia, of stone → "eared," against wall west of

walls → Loggia west wall, "eared" stone bench for

Lilac Circle → fountain → shell not feasible for

chairs → for Museum Cortile → sketch for bench, two chairs, and table

Bliss, Robert → car crash and → condolences on

Ellipse → benches and seats → design for

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