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    [Architectural] Digest ad

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    View of hallway with chest of drawers and staircase. For Architectural Digest advertisement.

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    [Antiques]

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    Views of antiques: objets d'art and furniture.

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    Lawson and Robart

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    Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material consists of 57,893 black-and-white negatives, color transparencies, black-and-white prints, and color prints; 39 presentation albums; and 17 boxes of office records, 1930-1974. Created primarily by Maynard Parker, the archive documents the residential and non-residential work of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, artists, builders, real estate developers, and clients associated with these fields, foremost among them the magazine House Beautiful. Also included in the collection are photographs taken by other individuals, such as architect Cliff May and Parker's assistant, Charles Yerkes.

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    Sakier, George, residence

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    Views of furniture and furnishings, many antiques. Also includes one exterior view of house.

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  • Large drawing room of the Huntington residence

    Large drawing room of the Huntington residence

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    Thomas Gainsborough's Jonathan Buttall: the blue boy (1770) and Sir Thomas Lawrence's Sarah Goodin Barrett Moulton: "Pinkie" (1794) hanging in the large drawing room of the Huntington residence. The desk in the foreground (bureau plat) is attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle, with substantial later alterations. The date of the original work is between 1700 and 1750. Beneath "Blue Boy" is a chest of drawers (commode) by Daniel De Loose, from around 1770. Beneath "Pinkie" is a chest of drawers by Martin Carlin, from around 1775. The terracotta sculptures in glass cases on either side of the door are by Claude Michel, called Clodion, and his workshop, and date to approximately 1780 to 1790. On the left is Jeune Femme présente son enfant à un autel (A young Woman Presenting Her Child at an Altar). On the right is Jeune Femme tenant un enfant devant elle (Young Woman Holding Her Child in front of Her). Appeared in Los Angeles Times, Annual Midwinter Number, on January 2, 1930. MS note on verso reads "HEH residence as art gallery: large drawing room."

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  • Landscaping for Jean Lawson: Buckingham residence

    Landscaping for Jean Lawson: Buckingham residence

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    Images of landscaping at a house. Includes flower beds, elevated view of the patio, and elevated view of a play yard.

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