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Stained glass dome designed by Violet Oakley in Charlton Yarnall's home in Philadelphia, 1911 Feb. 6

Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm.

Creator: unidentified photographer

Description: Date from stamp on verso of photograph.
Handwritten notes on verso identify the window and pendentives around it (clockwise from top left): 4th pendentive, The high tower; 1st pendentive, Dwellers in tents - wanderers in the desert; 2nd pendentive, Ancient foundations - Egypt; 3rd pendentive, The dome of the Renaissance; glass in the dome, The building of the house of wisdom.

Forms part of: Violet Oakley papers, 1841-1981

Rights Statement: U.S. public domain

Citation: Stained glass dome designed by Violet Oakley in Charlton Yarnall's home in Philadelphia, 1911 Feb. 6 / unidentified photographer. Violet Oakley papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Digital ID: 8885

Subjects:

  • Art in interior decoration
  • Glass painting and staining
  • Oakley, Violet

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