Visual Materials

Wallpaper, Hollyhock House

Description: Contains a sample of wallpaper from the Music Room, originally accompanied by a Post-it note stating that the sample is important.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1964-2009.
Call number: archWeil
Creator: Weil, Martin Eli(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of the Estate of Martin E. Weil, February 2010.; Gift of Peter and June Weil, June 2014.
Associated people: Kelley, H. Roy (1892- ,); Kelly, Arthur Rolland, (1878-1959,); Kwan, Raymond, (1894-1980,); Weil, Martin Eli, (1867-1959,); Weil, Martin Eli,; Williams, Paul R.,; Wright, Frank Lloyd,

Paint and plaster samples, Hollyhock House and Residence A

Visual Materials

Contains samples from Hollyhock House dining room, living room, and other locations, and from Residence A; materials in Boxes 79A and 79B were originally found in one box. Also contains handwritten note by Weil stating that the box contains "important plaster and paint samples from the Hollyhock House," dated 1999 February 23.

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Fragments and pieces, Hollyhock House and Residence A

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Contains fragments from Rooms 1, 4-12, 16, 18-19, Servants' dining room, and Music Room; also contains fragments from Residence A.

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Fragments and pieces, Hollyhock House

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Includes portions of Hollyhock House exterior, entry loggia, living room, and other locations.

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Fragments and samples, Hollyhock House and Residence A

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Contains sheet of paper with labeled samples of various shades of paint attached. Two samples, for Nile Green paint and for Nile Green paint with bronze powder overlay, are missing. Materials in Boxes 79A and 79B were originally found in same box.

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Barnsdall Park: Hollyhock House, Schindler Terrace, Barnsdall Park Seismic

Visual Materials

Projects include: Hollyhock House, Jobs 9896 and 9782; Hollyhock House Living Room; Hollyhock House Niche Roof; Barnsdall Park Seismic, Job 9897; Schindler Terrace, Job 9898; and Barnsdall Park Seismic Repair, Jobs 96125 and 992002 (see also materials in Boxes 7 and 8).

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Fragments and pieces, Hollyhock House and Hollyhock House Garage

Visual Materials

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of architect Martin Eli Weil (1940-2009), relating to Weil's work as a restoration architect and consultant in Los Angeles and Southern California. The collection contains correspondence; project and business records; reports; contracts; notes and research files; appointment books; drawings, including approximately 2920 rolled drawings; approximately 5000 photographs, chiefly snapshots depicting work in progress; material samples, including approximately 2000 fragments of wood or other surfaces containing paint samples; and 46 media files documenting the career of Martin Eli Weil; the materials date from 1964 until 2009. Files document 428 individual projects, including Frank Lloyd Wright structures such as Barnsdall Park and Hollyhock House; the restoration of the El Capitan Theater; and jobs undertaken as a consultant for the cities of San Gabriel, La Verne, Porterville, and Monrovia, California. The collection also includes papers reflecting Weil's service as Restoration Services Director for the Restoration Services Division of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in Canada from 1971-1978; his work as an instructor in historic preservation at the University of Southern California from 1981-2009; his writing, chiefly as an architecture columnist for the Larchmont Chronicle; his involvement with the Harvard Heights community in Los Angeles, where he lived; and his Master's thesis project.

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