Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Boston Public Library

Accession Number: 
135809
Order Title: 
Archivision Base Collection--16,370 images
Type of View: 
partialView
View Title: 
Grand Staircase, profile view of the south stair.
Date of View: 
8/1/1994
Image description: 
The stair is made of "Monte Riete" or "Convent Siena" marble.
Image Rights: 
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution: 
Archivision, Inc.
Collection: 
Archivision Base Collection
Culture: 
American
Work Types: 
Architecture; cultural / educational buildings; libraries (buildings)
Preferred Title: 
Boston Public Library
Agent Display: 
McKim, Mead, and White (American architectural firm, 1879-1910); Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French painter, 1824-1898)
Date: 
1887-1895 (creation)
Materials: 
stone; marble; fresco and mural painting
Technique: 
construction (assembling)
Locations: 
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Location Type: 
(site)
Style/Period: 
Renaissance Revival
Style/Period: 
Neoclassical
Classification: 
Architecture