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Series 4 of 7: 1940–1944 (82 Items)

Item 1:  Memorandum to MBB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 2/28/1940, re:  1 16th-century Spanish rug, 1 Alpajura rug.

Item 2:  Letter from MS to MBB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 8/5/1940, re:  various objects of interest including benches from the Cathedral of Zamora [HC.F.1929.201-202 and 207-210.(SF)].

Item 3:  Letter from MS to Berta Segall, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 8/7/1940, re:   Barberini sarcophagus [BZ.1936.65], Graeco-Roman sarcophagi, Greek stone grilles, benches from a museum in Venice, Zamora benches [HC.F.1929.201-202 and 207-210.(SF)].

Item 4:  Copy of letter from MBB to MS, [210 East 57th Street, (NYC)], 8/21/1940, re: needlework repair.

Item 5:  Letter from MS to MBB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 8/26/1940, re:  restoration work for needlework covered bench.

Item 6:  Memorandum to MBB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 11/11/1940, re:  list of 18 photographs of various objects of interest with descriptions.

Item 7:  Copy of letter from MBB to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/24/1940, re:  various objects of interest.

Item 8:  Letter from MS to MBB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 3/8/1941, re:  Ghiordes rug.

Item 9:  Copy of letter from [MBB] to MS, [210 East 57th Street (NYC)], 3/25/1941, re: Ghiordes rug.

Item 10:  Letter from MS to JT, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge), 6/28/1941, re: purchase and description of ten dining room chairs, also several tables belonging to this set are offered.

Item 11:  Enclosure to item 10, memorandum to JT, [Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge)], 6/28/1941, re: 10 18th-century French beechwood dining room chairs.

Item 12:  Copy of letter from [JT] to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/19/1941, re:  furniture for new library at Dumbarton Oaks.

Item 13:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 11/21/1941, re:  [furniture] for the [Dumbarton Oaks] library.

Item 14:  Copy of letter from [JT] to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/22/1941, re:  appointment [to discuss furniture for library].

Item 15:  Copy of letter from [JT] to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 12/30/1941, re:  furniture [for library], questions selling Ispahan and Ghiordes rugs.

Item 16:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 1/3/1942, re:  furniture for [library], advises hold on to Ispahan and Ghiordes rugs.

Item 17:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 1/20/1942, re:  thanks MS for blue linen used to mount a DO textile at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

Item 18:  Letter from MS to JT, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 1/22/1942, re:  blue linen.

Item 19:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 3/20/1942, re:  lamps [for library].

Item 20:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 3/23/1942, re:  [alterations] to lamps for library.

Item 21:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 3/24/1942, re:  taffeta for [library] lampshades.

Item 22:  Sample of taffeta, enclosed with item 21.

Item 23:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 3/27/1942, re:  [library] lamps.

Item 24:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 4/7/1942, re: plans to drop in at DO.

Item 25:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 4/13/1942, re:  Ghiordes rug.

Item 26:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 4/14/1942, re:  insurance for Ghiordes rug.

Item 27:  Shipping receipt for Blue Ghiordes rug, 4/14/1942.

Item 28:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 4/15/1942, re:  Ghiordes and Ispahan rugs.

Item 29:  Enclosure to item 28, description of Ispahan rug, (formerly of the Marquand Collection).

Item 30:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 4/16/1942, re:  Ispahan rug, receipt of Ghiordes rug.

Item 31:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 5/6/1942, re:  locating a painting belonging to the Blisses.

Item 32:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 5/8/1942, re:  [locating painting], possibly a copy of one of Dürer’s paintings that is on consignment, mentions Ghiordes rug.

Item 33:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 5/12/1942, re:  disposal of painting and Ghiordes rug.

Item 34:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 5/28/1942, re:  enclosing photograph of Ispahan rug, inquires about Ghiordes rug.

Item 35:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 6/4/1942, re:  lamp shades for [library].

Item 36:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 6/8/1942, re: lamp shades [for library].

Item 37:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 6/8/1942, re: effort to sell Ispahan and Ghiordes rug.

Item 38:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 6/9/1942, re:  lamp shades [for library].

Item 39:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 6/11/1942, re:  lamp shades [for library].

Item 40:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 6/16/1942, re: lampshades [for library].

Item 41:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 9/16/1942, re:  disposal of Ghiordes and Ispahan rug.

Item 42:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 9/21/1942, re: [no purchase] of Ghiordes or Ispahan rug yet.

Item 43:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 9/22/1942, re:  would like to sell a late 15th-century tapestry that Mrs. Bliss purchased in Paris.

Item 44:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 9/25/1942, re:  French tapestry [mentioned in item 43], with five tree trunks and escutcheons on a mille-fleur ground.

Item 45:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 9/28/1942, re:  French tapestry [mentioned in items 43 and 44].

Item 46:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 9/30/1942, re:  [French tapestry].

Item 47:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 201 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/7/1942, re:  [French tapestry].

Item 48:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 10/13/1942, re:  loaning objects for an 18th-century art exhibition that will be sponsored by Madame Balsan, in particular a desk chair, among other objects.

Item 49:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 11/27/1942, re:  loan of chair for the 18th-century French and English Exhibition to be held at Parke-Bernet Galleries, has [not yet sold] Ghiordes rug.

Item 50:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 12/1/1942, re:  chair.

Item 51:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 12/2/1942, re: chair.

Item 52:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 12/4/1942, re:  chair.

Item 53:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 12/16/1942, re:  [provenance] of the E. Michard chair, and its similarities to another chair in the exhibition made by E. Mevnier.

Item 54:  Copy of letter from [JT] to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 12/19/1942, re:  Mevnier chair photograph.

Item 55:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 12/28/1942, re: sending photographs of three chairs that are in the exhibition; [Dumbarton Oaks chair], Baron Cassel’s, and the Metropolitan Museum’s.

Item 56:  Copy of letter from [JT] to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 9/1/1943, re: cleaning of the “April” tapestry [HC.T.1930.07.(T)].

Item 57:  Copy of letter from [JT] to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 9/8/1943, re: cleaning of [April] tapestry [HC.T.1930.07.(T)].

Item 58:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 201 East 57th Street (NYC), 3/20/1944, re: assistance in reorganizing the inventory of furniture at Dumbarton Oaks.

Item 59:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 3/22/1944, re:  updating valuations and descriptions of [Dumbarton Oaks inventory].

Item 60:  Copy of letter from [JT] to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 3/24/1944, re:  [assistance with inventory].

Item 61:  Copy of letter from [JT] to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 4/10/1944, re: [assistance with inventory].

Item 62:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 4/24/1944, re: [assistance with inventory].

Item 63:  Copy of letter from [JT] to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 4/28/1944, re:  [assistance with inventory].

Item 64:  Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 5/23/1944, re:  [assistance with inventory].

Item 65:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 6/28/1944, re:  [assistance with inventory].

Item 66:  Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 9/12/1944, re:  [assistance with inventory].

Item 67:  Letter from Milton Samuels to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 9/15/1944, re:  [assistance with inventory].

Item 68:  Copy of letter from [JT] to Milton Samuels, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 9/20/1944, re:  [assistance with inventory].

Item 69:  Telegram from JT to Milton Samuels, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/11/1944, re:  [assistance with inventory].

Item 70:  Telegram from Milton Samuels to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 10/11/1944, re: [assistance with inventory].

Item 71:  Telegram from Milton Samuels to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 10/13/1944, re:  [assistance with inventory].

Item 72:  Telegram from Milton Samuels to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 10/16/1944, re:  [assistance with inventory].

Item 73:  Copy of letter from JT to Milton Samuels, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/16/1944, re:  [assistance with inventory].

Item 74:  Telegram from JT to Milton Samuels, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/17/1944, re:  [assistance with inventory].

Item 75:  Letter from Milton Samuels to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 10/23/1944, re:  photograph of two 18th-century fruitwood table-commodes that might be of interest.

Item 76:  Copy of letter from [JT] to Milton Samuels, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/24/1944, re:  appreciation for coming to [Dumbarton Oaks] to help with [inventory].

Item 77:  Copy of letter from [JT] to Milton Samuels, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/2/1944, re: sending tapestry of “Christ the Virgin” [HC.T.1908.01.(T)] to be cleaned.

Item 78:  Copy of letter from JT to Milton Samuels, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/3/1944, re:  no interest in the 18th-century fruitwood table.

Item 79:  Copy of letter from [Persis W. Mason] to Milton Samuels, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/4/1944, re:  list of rugs he saw while at Dumbarton Oaks.

Item 80:  Enclosure to item 79, list of thirteen rugs with valuations.

Item 81:  Letter from Milton Samuels to Persis W. Mason, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington DC), 11/25/1944, re:  list of rugs.

Item 82:  Copy of letter from [JT] to Milton Samuels, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/30/1944, re: thanks for cleaning the Flemish tapestry of “Christ and the Virgin” [HC.T.1908.01.(T)].