Mabelle Wilhelmina Boldt Collection

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American Colonial room
Scale 1/4 in to 1 ft. Copies 1-2. The second copy is torn along the right side. Floor plan of an American Colonial library with elevations of the four walls. The furniture includes: a sofa, end tables, side tables, a kneehold writing or dressing table, a highboy, bookcases, and chairs. The doors with molding and paneling, wallpaper, windows and draperies, portraits, oval wall mirrors, carpet, a fireplace with andirons, and a painting above the fireplace are also shown.
Analogous, split complementary, monochromatic, and other color scheme types
Eight rectangles with different color scheme types are painted in water colors, each measuring 9 x 7. The artist chose the same subject for each of the scheme types -- a stringed instrument resting against a flowering vine. The headings on the rectangles read: Analagous [sic]; Split complimentary [sic]; Monochromatic; complimentary [sic]; Perfected harmony; Contrasted harmony; Double-split complimentary [sic]; and Triad. Complementary is consistently spelled "complimentary" and analogous is spelled "analagous" in the headings.
Announcement
Cream colored note card announcing the new location of the Institute of Interior Design. The front has a brown tone picture of the front of the building and the inside gives the new street address. The back of the note card has the logo or seal which reads "International Institute of Interior Design 1959" on the outside circle, and "Incorporated, The Studio, District of Columbia" inside the circle. The institute's name and address are printed on the back of the accompanying envelope.
Apartment, 2225 R. St., N.W., Washington, D.C. designed by P. Sealander
Three technical drawings are stapled together with a cover sheet. The first drawing shows the "Existing floor plan", and the "Structural plan". The rooms include a kitchen, living room, dining room, bedrooms, bathrooms, patio, study, work area, and garden. The second drawing shows the electrical plan for the rooms on the "Structural plan", along with a list of electrical symbols and a lighting fixture schedule. The third drawing shows the placement of furniture in the rooms listed on the "Structural plan".
Apartment for Maybelle Wilhelmina Boldt
"702 Nineteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.\ May 7, 1961." Paper has crease marks from being folded and is torn along the bottom and top. The blueprint shows the floor plan and laid-out elevations of a apartment and the stairs leading into it. The rooms include a living room, bedroom, bathroom, sitting room, and a kitchenette. The living room shows: a sofa; end table with lamps; several chairs; a fireplace with a mirror above it; a mantel with candelabras; a chandelier; a piano; a set of windows with draperies; an alcove with a table; two chairs, and a set of windows with draperies; a hutch to the left of the alcove. The bedroom area has: a bed; bookshelves; an alcove with a small table and two armchairs; a desk and chair; a sofa, two chairs, an end table, and an occasional table in the sitting area; and a bathtub, a sink, and a toilet in the bathroom. A small kitchenette with folding doors is located between the bedroom and living room.
Apartment of Mr. and Mrs. P. Fitzgerald designed by Hector Gonzalez
Detailed floor plan of an apartment living room showing the placement and details of the furniture. Each wall is also drawn, showing the placement of paintings, doors, windows, fireplace, etc.
Arm chair
Scale 1/4 in to 1 ft. Front, side, and plan views of an armchair. The back and seat of the chair are upholstered, and the dimensions of the chair are given.
Automation Management Consultants Herta E. Ouellette, Interior Designer; Daniel E. Bradley, Director of Operations
"Automation Management Consultants, 1911 North Fort Myer, Arlington, Virginia 22209." "Date: June 15, 1970." Scales vary. Five technical drawings are stapled together, the first one also serving as the cover. The first drawing is the floor plan for a conference room, showing the placement of tables and chairs and indicating that there is to be wall to wall carpeting. The second drawing shows a front view of a portion of the conference room and some of the materials used for noise reduction. The third drawing shows the "ceiling illumination for lower and upper floors," how the fixtures are to be hung, etc . The fourth drawing gives a detailed view of a circular staircase and some of the details of the step construction, anchoring the steps, etc. The first drawing shows the cabinet construction, materials, and shelf adjustment capabilities.
Bedroom with a European style architecture
The watercolor is primarily in gold and brown tones with some of the wall treatment in red and gold. The ceiling is arched and has a vaulted look. The room consists of a small table beside a bed, an alcove with a full length window and a matching chair and sofa, and a mural with a long, low chest in front of it. The posts at the foot of the bed are tall with angels carved in them, and the head of the bed has a curtain hanging from the wall that drapes down on either side of the head of the bed.
Bedroom with a raised platform area
The sixth of thirteen drawings stapled together with a gray top and bottom sheet to form a book. Each drawing is analyzed separately and the call numbers range from BC-0335A through BC-0335M. The drawing shows part of a young person's bedroom with a window and a set of bookshelves with knickknacks on one wall and a bed with a raised platform behind it on the other wall. The raised platform has a set of three stairs leading up to it and a music stand and stringed instrument on it. The bed has several oblong pillows on it and the headboard has a facsimile of a traffic light sitting on it. There are several traffic signs hanging on the wall behind the bed, including Yield, Stop, One Way, and a U with a slash through it.
The Blue Room, 1869
The watercolor shows a circular section of the Blue Room. Starting at the left side of the painting, there is an upholstered chair, a tall vase on the floor, a fireplace, a matching tall vase on the floor a full length window, and a second upholstered chair. The fireplace mantel has a clock and two statues on it, and painted portrait of a man above it. The window has a sheers with curtains over them, pulled back at the side. There is a crystal chandelier hanging from the celling and a rug in a rose and soft green design on the floor. The wallpaper goes from the chair rail to the ceiling and has a light blue background with a darker blue print on it.
The Blue Room, 1869-1877 C. Acevedo
Printed note in the left corner of the painting reads: Procedure for the construction of a vignette on the reverse side. The top portion of the watercolor shows three walls of the Blue Room laid out flat. From left to right, the first wall has a narrow panel of wallpapering, a full length window, and a second narrow panel of wallpapering. The second wall has a fireplace in the center with a portrait hanging above it, and a blue upholstered chair along the wall on either side of the fireplace. The third wall is identical to the first. The walls are either painted white or have white paneling up to a chair rail, and the remainder of the walls have blue wallpapering with a muted green pattern. The windows have sheer curtains with blue drapes tied back at either side. The second portion of the work shows an overhead view of the room and the placement of the furniture. Dotted lines are used to connect the walls windows, fireplace, and chairs to their respective overhead view placement.

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