Maurice Block examining figurines

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  Maurice Block examining two small bronzes

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  Three-quarters length portrait of Maurice Block (Curator of Art, 1928-1948) examining bronzes on a table in the loggia. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 11 Maurice Block, Curator of Art Collections. Huntington Art Gallery." Photograph appeared in Los Angeles Times article of November 6, 1938. Appeared in Westways, March 1938.

  photCL 107 vol13 (11)

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  Attendant cleaning or repairing Chelsea porcelain in the Huntington residence

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  Attendant is seated at a work bench in front of a display case. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 14 Attendant cleaning Chelsea porcelain. Huntington Art Gallery." Photograph appeared in Los Angeles Times article of November 6, 1938.

  photCL 107 vol13 (14)

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  Attendant polishing andirons in the library of the Huntington residence

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  Attendant is kneeling on marble floor in front of the fireplace at the east end of the Huntington residence library. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 12 Attendant polishing andirons, fireplace in Library room of Huntington Art Gallery." Photograph appeared in Los Angeles Times article of November 6, 1938.

  photCL 107 vol13 (12)

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  Attendant dusting Beauvais tapestry, "The Flute Player," in the library of the Huntington residence

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  Attendant is standing on a rolling ladder in front of tall bookcases dusting the tapestry "La Jouese de Flûte (The Flutist)." Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 13 Attendant dusting Beauvais tapestry, "The Flute Player" from stepladder. Huntington Art Gallery." Photograph appeared in Los Angeles Times article of November 6, 1938.

  photCL 107 vol13 (13)

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  Boucher armchair covered with tapestry in the Huntington residence

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  This chair is one of a set of ten armchairs and two settees. The back piece is entitled Sculpture personified as a child, the seat is entitled A hound attacking a boar. These woven upholstery covers were made at the Gobelins Manufactory, Paris, probably under the supervision of Jacques Neilson (1714-1788), after design by François Boucher (1703-1770) and Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1733-1755). The covers were woven circa 1779, and the frames are nineteenth century. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 20 Armchair covered with Gobelins tapestry, XVIII c. Back design by Boucher; seat, by Oudry." Appeared in Westways, March 1938.

  photCL 107 vol13 (20)

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  West end of the library of the Huntington residence

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  View shows Louis XV furniture arranged on a large area carpet and a Beauvais tapestry, "The Bird Catchers." The writing desk and filing cabinet (bureau plat et cartonnier), attributed to Etienne Doirat, are from 1720 to 1732. The settee and chairs belong to the set of two settees and ten chairs whose upholstery covers were woven at Gobelins Manufactory, Paris, probably under the supervision of Jacques Neilson (1714-1788), after design by François Boucher (1703-1770) and Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1733-1755). The covers were woven circa 1779, and the frames are nineteenth century. The screen on the right is a six-panel folding screen (paravent) made at the Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot workshop, Paris, after designs by Alexandre-François Desportes (1661-1743), made between 1719 and 1784; the frame is of a later date. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 15 West end, Library room in Huntington Art Gallery. Louis XV and Louis XVI furniture. Beauvais tapestry, "The Bird Catchers," designed by Boucher." Appeared in Westways, March 1938. Appeared in San Marino Tribune, April 22, 1937.

  photCL 107 vol13 (15)