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Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: Lovers Lane Pool: toward the northeast

Title: Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: Lovers Lane Pool

Other title: Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)

Creator: Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959

Creator role: Landscape Architect

Date: 1923 (constructed) 1930 (major modification)

Current location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Description of work: The Dumbarton Oaks Gardens were designed by the noted landscape gardener Beatrix Farrand, in cooperation with her clients Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, who purchased the property in 1920. The formal gardens occupy 10 acres. The major work was completed between 1921 and 1941, although changes, notably the addition of the Pebble Garden and redesign of the Ellipse, continued to be made by Mrs. Bliss, working with Ruth Havey. Endowments were established expressly for the purpose of maintaining the gardens and for supporting a program of research in landscape architecture.

Description of view: Lovers Lane Pool, bordered with Italianate cast-stone columns designed by Farrand.

Work type: Architecture and Landscape

Culture: American

Materials/Techniques: Water

Masonry

Source: DeTuerk, James (copyright James DeTuerk)

Resource type: Image

File format: JPEG, TIFF archived offline

Image size: 1403H X 2077W pixels

Permitted uses: This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted. For additional details see: alias.libraries.psu.edu/vius/copyright/publicrightsarch.htm

Collection: Worldwide Building and Landscape Pictures

Filename: WB2007-0135 Dumbarton.jpg

Record ID: WB2007-0135

Sub collection: garden structures

gardens

Copyight holder: Copyright James DeTuerk

 

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Uploaded on June 6, 2011
Taken on April 22, 2007