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  1. Carolands Chateau Covered Entrance, 1964 - Negative

    Carolands Chateau Covered Entrance, 1964. Black and white negative shows a covered entranceway to the main doors at the Carolands Chateau in Hillsborough, California. The entrance has several shallow steps leading up to double doors flanked by columns at right in the image. The scene also includes a potted plant at left and ornate wall sconces. The house is built in the Beaux-Arts architectural style. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    Carolands Chateau Covered Entrance, 1964
  2. Carolands Chateau in Hillsborough Looking West, 1964 - Negative

    Carolands Chateau in Hillsborough Looking West, 1964. Black and white negative shows Carolands Chateau looking west, with the building in the background framed by two trees in the foreground. The lower portion of the chateau is partially obscured by a group of trees. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    Carolands Mansion in Hillsborough looking west, 1964
  3. Gilt Wood Chandelier, c. 1900 - Chandelier

    Gilt Wood Chandelier, c. 1900. Large ornate wooden chandelier with gold gilt throughout is comprised of a large column, decorated with textured rectangles in the center and similar smaller columns surrounding it. Extending out from the center of the outer columns are two curved "arms" with three white candlesticks. Top is decorated with a large curved feather motif while bottom has a dropped finial hanging from the center column.

    Record Type: Object

    Gilt Wood Chandelier, c. 1900
  4. La Daphene Mansion in Hillborough, 1964 - Negative

    La Daphene Mansion in Hillborough, 1964. Black and white negative shows La Daphene Mansion in Hillsborough, California. In the center of the image is a classic Greco-Roman style white stone statue of a woman wearing a robe (likely a stola). The statue is behind a low hedge with fountains and is in front of a long rectangular pool that has a terraced landscape to either side. Past the pool are steps leading to the two-story mansion. There are six ...

    Record Type: Photo

    La Daphene Mansion in Hillborough, 1964
  5. Slag Glass Chandelier, c. 1900 - Chandelier

    Slag Glass Chandelier, c. 1900. Large electric chandelier is over 4' in diameter and 5' tall. It has a large bowl textured with "scales" of slag glass in the center, surrounded by both hanging lamps and bulbs radiating out. Metal parts are guilded in a gold color, coming to a point at the top center mounted to a gold colored chain for hanging.

    Record Type: Object

    Slag Glass Chandelier, c. 1900

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