Mabelle Wilhelmina Boldt Collection

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Louis XV, XVI Perspective
Photograph of student work. Interpretation of a living room or sitting room. Room has gray and yellow overtones with gold chandelier hanging from the ceiling. A sofa and two small armchairs flank either side of the fireplace. An oil painting is visible on one wall with a large mirror and table on the other.
Louis XV
Photograph of student work. Room decorated in Louis XV fashion with ornate gold motifs on the wall. Flower printed sofa, chair, and ottoman are on one wall under a mirror. A large patterned curtain hangs in front of a window with a scene painted overtop of the archway.
Roman orders of architecture
"Architectural graphic standards, 5th ed." Property stamp reads: International Institute of Interior Design, Inc. Reprinted by permission of International Correspondence Schools: illustrations taken from home-study instruction material. Detailed drawing of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite columns showing the entablature, capital and base, and complete order.
Highlights of Individual Students' Work
Photograph of student work labelled \Remodeled Apartment.\ Design shows the floor plan of the apartment as well as fabric swatches that would be used in the design., Colored photograph of student work.
Isometric drawing of a one-story house
Copies 1-7. This drawing shows the rooms and furniture placement of a one-story home and a part of the exterior of the front and left side of the building. The rooms consist of a kitchen, dining room, living room, den, two bedrooms, and a sitting room. The dining room has a dining table, chairs, side table or bureau, and two windows with curtains. The den is mall with a sofa, chair, stool or low table, and a window with curtains. The first bedroom has a double or queen size bed with a night table on either side, a couple of chairs, outlines showing where dressers might be placed, and a window with curtains. The second bedroom has a small room attached to it with an upholstered stool in the center of it, probably a sitting room or dressing room. The bedroom itself has a double or queen size bed with a night table on either side, a couple of chairs, a day bed, and two windows with curtains., C1-C7
Early American
Photograph of student work. Dining room with blue walls and wooden floor. Fireplace in background with table and four chairs surrounding it. Sideboard with two additional chairs flanking it on left side of room and two more chairs and side table under windows on right side of room.
Empire Perspective
Photograph of student work. Gold and black decorated room with black and white checked floor and gold and black trimmed drapes in front of windows. Chandelier centered over rectangular table with several chairs stationed around. Black doors, motifs, and mirror.
Highlights of Individual Students' Work
Photograph of student work of a dining room with round table in center and several blue and white striped fabric chairs surrounding it. Sideboard with mirror above it line the wall and open door under white drapes leads to the outdoors., Colored photograph of student work.
Geometric, naturalistic, conventional, and abstract
One of four separate works by students, mounted on the same piece of heavy cardboard. This watercolor has eight separate 7 cm. squares, in 4 columns with 2 rows to each column. The headings on the four columns read; Geometric, Naturalistic, Conventional, and Abstract. Under Geometric are 2 squares, labeled: Rosette, contrasted harmony; and Optical complementary harmony, Ross. Naturalistic has 2 squares labeled: Optical, analogous [i.e. analogous] harmony; and Bi-symmetric, double split-complementary, Munsell. The 2 squares under Conventional read: Optical, perfected harmony, Munsell; and Bi-symmetric, split-complementary, Ross. The 2 rows under Abstract are labeled: Optical, triad, Munsell; and Bi-symmetric, monochromatic. Labeled "March 1960 Problem 19".
Italian Renaissance or Venetian
Photograph of student work. Hallway with large forest murals painted on the wall. Gilded columns and molding above the murals., Colored photograph of student work.
Advanced Projects
Photograph of student work of various technical drawings for 2653 Conn Ave NW DC to include remodeled floor plan and remodeled basement., Colored photograph of student work.
Advanced Projects
Photograph of student work depicting the interior of a shopping mall with kiosk. Fabric swatches and wallpaper samples are attached to the drawing., Colored photograph of student work.

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