tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517604320453054140.post5192367576041877866..comments2024-03-28T00:24:13.763-07:00Comments on Southern Folk Artist & Antiques Dealer/Collector: Oval Federal Room from Willow Brook 1799andrew1860http://www.blogger.com/profile/09302166776668727094noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517604320453054140.post-6808504390196422532013-03-23T10:13:50.252-07:002013-03-23T10:13:50.252-07:00Helen, try here:
http://books.google.com/books?id...Helen, try here:<br /><br />http://books.google.com/books?id=X-5DiZPRbXMC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=willow+brook+house+baltimore&source=bl&ots=hi9l0Rfqbg&sig=tqSp35-Mdp7fMRUMMGkphN2YsoU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fdVNUeLcIMSL0QGz9IGoBQ&ved=0CGsQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=willow%20brook%20house%20baltimore&f=falseJeff Freelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11011744130952146500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517604320453054140.post-66623501542855130942012-01-07T14:33:54.337-08:002012-01-07T14:33:54.337-08:00Hi Helen
The Front of the home at the time it wa...Hi Helen <br /><br />The Front of the home at the time it was demolished looked nothing like the 1799 house. It had a Victorian 2th Empire look to it. Floors had been added to the top of the original house and had been expanded to 4 or more time the original size of the home. We know what the original 1799 home look like only from the painting of it on a 1805 painted Baltimore chair. I have it in a book but I don’t have a scanner to show you what the original front looked like. The back of the house that had the oval room was photographed before demolition and the oval part of the house and porch seamed to be intact with the additions built to the sides of the home. <br /><br />Adamesque-Federal style is only used on the East Coast in Maryland and Virginia to describe how theses American states incorporated the English-Irish Adam style.andrew1860https://www.blogger.com/profile/09302166776668727094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517604320453054140.post-61298064958570887472012-01-07T08:36:33.131-08:002012-01-07T08:36:33.131-08:00There are no photos of the exterior which you ment...There are no photos of the exterior which you mentioned was in the Palladian style, but I do love the interior which you called an Adamesque-Federal style. A new term for me.<br /><br />Since Baltimore was the third most important city at the time, it is gratifying to find superb Neoclassical plasterwork in oval room, a beautiful plaster ceiling medallion and finely crafted ropework on the window and door frames.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com