The Little Library - Eastman House
Another section of the "Little Library" at the Eastman House. The Little Library was completed in 1927, after a year of work, replacing a reception room that had been in this space since 1905. Such small reception rooms, once considered essential to large houses, were not used much by the late 1920s, and George Eastman needed additional shelf space for his extensve colllection of books. He therefore decided to have the Little Library created at that time. It is a neatly panelled room paterned after the eighteenth-century designs of the Adam Brothers of England, and painted green. On a small table can be seen several of his card catalog file trays, for he had his books meticulously cataloged. Over the door he installed a carved rhinocerous, the likeness was derived from Kodak snapshots taken while he was on his big game hunting trips in Africa. The desk suggests the original with hippopotamus hide from a game hunt. The ceiling light is electric, and, observing the inefficiency of Caldwell's cut-glass chandelier, he installed an up-to-date and efficient bowl fixture, which besides casting light downward, throws it upward as well to reflect off the white ceiling. This exit leads out to the Entance Hall with the Living Room straight ahead. Located at the George Eastman House and Gardens, 900 East Ave in Rochester, NY.
The Little Library - Eastman House
Another section of the "Little Library" at the Eastman House. The Little Library was completed in 1927, after a year of work, replacing a reception room that had been in this space since 1905. Such small reception rooms, once considered essential to large houses, were not used much by the late 1920s, and George Eastman needed additional shelf space for his extensve colllection of books. He therefore decided to have the Little Library created at that time. It is a neatly panelled room paterned after the eighteenth-century designs of the Adam Brothers of England, and painted green. On a small table can be seen several of his card catalog file trays, for he had his books meticulously cataloged. Over the door he installed a carved rhinocerous, the likeness was derived from Kodak snapshots taken while he was on his big game hunting trips in Africa. The desk suggests the original with hippopotamus hide from a game hunt. The ceiling light is electric, and, observing the inefficiency of Caldwell's cut-glass chandelier, he installed an up-to-date and efficient bowl fixture, which besides casting light downward, throws it upward as well to reflect off the white ceiling. This exit leads out to the Entance Hall with the Living Room straight ahead. Located at the George Eastman House and Gardens, 900 East Ave in Rochester, NY.