#1910s chandelier

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Art Nouveau Bronze Chandelier by Hector Guimard with nickel finish and dark blue pate de verre.

For sale: 1stDibs

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ART NOUVEAU - Guimard Chandelier by Hector Guimard - Circa 1910

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Ridiculously expensive, spectacular 1910 mansion in New York City. 8bds, 9ba, 12,000 sq ft (it's huge), $55m. It's not selling, probably b/c not many people have $55m. There's also an HOA fee b/c it's a townhome and there's maintenance and elevators, but they don't give the monthly cost.

The wood looks original. So, built in 1910, it would've been just 10 yrs. before the Art Deco movement.

Here's a sitting area that's not a living room, just kind of a lounge by the piano.

In the living room there's an incredible fireplace with a surround that appears to depict the Pilgrim's landing in America.

In this sitting room, the wood is amazing, and look at the stained glass ceiling.

The dining room is round. The floor is gorgeous, and I'm wondering if the table is actually built-in. Note the carvings.

The ceiling is unusual and I can't believe that the round table seats 12. It looks tight, though.

This sitting room has a beautiful fireplace, plus tile doors on the cabinets. I wish they would've shown more of the ceiling.

This is crazy- the huge kitchen island has a copper farm sink and a gold-trimmed leather counter.

Cute little terrace has a marble railing.

Look at the sculpture on that newel post.

Another gorgeous fireplace.

Would you believe that this is the closet? Insane. The chandelier alone is massive.

More stairs. Where are these elevators? This landing has room for a table and there's a mural, too.

This sitting room is all wood with insets. Geesh.

Look at the intricate carvings.

What a fabulous sun room.

The sun room is surrounded by this fabulous roof top deck that has a view of the Hudson River.

So, clearly this is the corner unit.

The front door seems so vulnerable, b/c it's so close to the sidewalk.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/25-Riverside-Dr-New-York-NY-10023/143131834_zpid/

[blackinperiodfilms]

Prime Video is developing The Davenports, a series based on Krystal Marquis’ bestselling YA novel of the same name, from Alloy Entertainment. The project is a co-production of Warner Bros. Television and Amazon MGM Studios.

The series, set in 1910 America, revolves around the Davenports, who are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status thanks to the entrepreneurship of former enslaved patriarch William Davenport. Surrounded by servants, crystal chandeliers, and endless parties, his daughters Olivia and Helen, and their friends, are finding their way and finding love—even where they’re not supposed to.

Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo executive produce for Alloy Entertainment. Warner Bros. Television and Amazon MGM Studios are the studios. A search is underway for a writer.

The Davenports was released in 2023 and Marquis is currently working on book two in the series.

[thedeadleafs]

Hector Guimard, Chandelier, 1909

"Chiselled golden bronze, coloured glass, beads and glass tubes, brass and copper structure. 41 x 19 cm. Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

Guimard executed the drawing for this lamp in 1909 and patented it in 18 August 1910."

Scanned and quoted from the book "Art Nouveau" by Gabriele Fahr-Becker.

[psikonauti]

Hedda Sterne (Romanian-American,1910-2011)

The Chandelier, 1945

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By Troy Lennon /Daily Telegraph; May 5, 2018

Gaston Leroux was inspired to write Phantom of the Opera after Palais Garnier accident

WHEN a counterweight crashed through the roof of a Paris opera house, Gaston Leroux stored the story away to help create the Phantom of the Opera.

THERE had long been rumours that a ghost walked the halls of the opera house in Paris, known as the Palais Garnier. Some dismissed it as superstition, but many believe that confirmation came on May 20, 1896, during a performance of the opera Helle, by Étienne-Joseph Floquet. Act one had just finished and the audience had called for an encore from soprano Madame Rose Caron. As she finished her aria a loud noise was heard through the auditorium, followed by a crash and a cloud of dust.

A fire in the roof of the opera house had melted through a wire holding a counterweight for the chandelier. The weight had crashed through the ceiling injuring several people and killing Madame Chomette, the concierge of a boarding house, who was watching her first opera.

Some newspapers reported that the chandelier itself had crashed to the stage. Gaston Leroux, a journalist working for the newspaper Le Matin, read about the accident and used it, and the rumours of a ghost, as inspiration for a story about a disfigured man who menaces the cast and stage crew of an opera company at the Palais Garnier. Titled Le Fantôme de l’Opéra, it was first serialised in the periodical Le Gaulois in 1909 and as a novel in 1910. It was published in English as The Phantom of the Opera.

Leroux, who was born 157 years ago, was mostly known for his detective fiction, which inspired writers such as Agatha Christie. Yet outside France he is really only known for the Phantom, a story that has inspired plays, films and a hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.

Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was born on May 6, 1868. His parents were travelling in a coach from Le Mans to Normandy when they had to stop so his mother could be taken to a nearby house to deliver the baby.

His father was a wealthy shipbuilder and Leroux lived a comfortable childhood, with a love of sailing, fishing and swimming. Straight out of school he went to work as a clerk in lawyer’s office, but spent his spare time writing stories and poetry. He was then sent to university to study law, winning awards and prizes and giving every indication that he was headed for a glittering law career.

But when his father died in 1889, leaving him a million francs, Leroux sank into a life of self-indulgence, gambling, going to the theatre and partying so hard he ended up broke after six months.

Faced with the need to work and frustrated by the legal system, Leroux pursued writing, taking jobs as a theatre critic and court reporter. By 1890 he had become a full-time journalist, impressing his editors by using forged credentials to score an interview with a high-profile prisoner awaiting trial.

His expertise in law also saw him reporting on the Dreyfus Affair, when anti-semitic elements in the French army conspired to accuse Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus of espionage, seeing him drummed out of the army and sentenced to life in prison in 1894. Leroux described Dreyfus’s trial as a farce and was one of the many journalists who campaigned to free Dreyfus.

Leroux also became a foreign correspondent travelling the world, including to Africa and Antarctica. He even reported on the 1905 revolution in Russia, although at times using his flair for creative writing to embellish his copy. At the time he could be relied on to boost circulation with his colourful stories.

But Leroux tired of being at the beck and call of editors, decided to concentrate purely on his forays into fiction. He had been publishing short stories in newspapers for years, so in 1907 he published his first novel, Le mystère de la chambre jaune (The Mystery of the Yellow Room), introducing amateur sleuth journalist Joseph Rouletabille. Inspired partly by his own experiences as a court reporter and Arthur Conan Doyle’s “consulting detective” Sherlock Holmes, it was light on action but struck the right balance of mystery and intellect to appeal to French readers.

He followed this with many other mystery novels featuring Rouletabille but, in between, he wrote other novels, including The Phantom of the Opera.

After several of his works were adapted to film he realised the cinematic potential of his fiction and in 1919 formed a film company with another writer, Arthur Bernede, to make films of his own novels and plays.

In 1922 Leroux gave a copy of Phantom to the head of Universal Pictures, Carl Laemmle, while Laemmle was visiting Paris. It resulted in the 1925 Lon Chaney adaptation, which made Leroux’s name famous outside France and helped him pay off gambling debts.

Some of his other works were also adapted to film in the US, but his detective works, despite winning fans like Christie, were not as popular in the English-speaking world.

Leroux died in Nice in 1927.

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[The images above are each of the book covers of the new releases. For more detailed descriptions for each cover, please visit the original post on our blog.]

New Releases

Maybe it has been happening every year and I didn't notice, but this January brought a fabulously large amount of new releases and I am not complaining. Here are a few we're watching for this week.

The Davenports (The Davenports #1) by Krystal Marquis Dial Books

The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in a changing United States, their fortune made through the entrepreneurship of William Davenport, a formerly enslaved man who founded the Davenport Carriage Company years ago. Now it’s 1910, and the Davenports live surrounded by servants, crystal chandeliers, and endless parties, finding their way and finding love—even where they’re not supposed to.

There is Olivia, the beautiful elder Davenport daughter, ready to do her duty by getting married . . . until she meets the charismatic civil rights leader Washington DeWight and sparks fly. The younger daughter, Helen, is more interested in fixing cars than falling in love—unless it’s with her sister’s suitor. Amy-Rose, the childhood friend turned maid to the Davenport sisters, dreams of opening her own business—and marrying the one man she could never be with, Olivia and Helen’s brother, John. But Olivia’s best friend, Ruby, also has her sights set on John Davenport, though she can’t seem to keep his interest . . . until family pressure has her scheming to win his heart, just as someone else wins hers.

Inspired by the real-life story of the Patterson family, The Davenports is the tale of four determined and passionate young Black women discovering the courage to steer their own path in life—and love. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

Two Can Play That Game by Leanne Yong Allen & Unwin

Sam Khoo has one goal in life: create cool indie games. She’s willing to do anything to make her dream come true – even throw away a scholarship to university. All she needs is a super-rare ticket to a game design workshop and she can kickstart her career.

So when Jaysen Chua, otherwise known as Jerky McJerkface, sneakily grabs the last ticket for himself, Sam is left with no choice. It’s war. Knowing all too well how their Australian-Malaysian community works, she issues him an ultimatum: put the ticket on the line in a 1v1 competition of classic video games, or she’ll broadcast his duplicity to everyone. Thank you, Asian Gossip Network.

Meeting in neutral locations, away from the eyes and ears of nosy aunties and uncles, Sam and Jay connect despite themselves. It’s a puzzle that Sam’s not sure she wants to solve. But when her dream is under threat, will she discover that there is more than one way to win?

Play the Game by Charlene Allen Katherine Tegan Books

In the game of life, sometimes other people hold all the controls. Or so it seems to VZ. Four months have passed since his best friend Ed was killed by a white man in a Brooklyn parking lot.

When Singer, the man who killed Ed, is found dead in the same spot where Ed was murdered, all signs point to Jack, VZ’s other best friend, as the prime suspect.

VZ’s determined to complete the video game Ed never finished and figure out who actually killed Singer. With help from Diamond, the girl he’s crushing on at work, VZ falls into Ed’s quirky gameiverse. As the police close in on Jack, the game starts to uncover details that could lead to the truth about the murder.

Can VZ honor Ed and help Jack before it’s too late? — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

Reggie and Delilah’s Year of Falling by Elise Bryant Balzer + Bray

Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. She goes with the flow—which is how she ends up singing in her friends’ punk band as a favor, even though she’d prefer to hide at the merch table.

Reggie is a D&D Dungeon Master and self-declared Blerd. He spends his free time leading quests and writing essays critiquing the game under a pseudonym, keeping it all under wraps from his disapproving family.

These two, who have practically nothing in common, meet for the first time on New Year’s Eve. And then again on Valentine’s Day. And then again on St. Patrick’s Day. It’s almost like the universe is pushing them together for a reason.

Delilah wishes she were more like Reggie—open about what she likes and who she is, even if it’s not cool. Except . . . it’s all a front. Reggie is just role-playing someone confident. The kind of guy who could be with a girl like Delilah.

As their holiday meetings continue, the two begin to fall for each other. But what happens once they realize they’ve each fallen for a version of the other that doesn’t really exist? — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

The Black Queen by Jumata Emill Delacorte Press

Nova Albright was going to be the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High—but now she’s dead. Murdered on coronation night. Fans of One of Us Is Lying and The Other Black Girl will love this unputdownable thriller.

Nova Albright, the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High, is dead. Murdered the night of her coronation, her body found the next morning in the old slave cemetery she spent her weekends rehabilitating.

Tinsley McArthur was supposed to be queen. Not only is she beautiful, wealthy, and white, it’s her legacy—her grandmother, her mother, and even her sister wore the crown before her. Everyone in Lovett knows Tinsley would do anything to carry on the McArthur tradition.

No one is more certain of that than Duchess Simmons, Nova’s best friend. Duchess’s father is the first Black police captain in Lovett. For Duchess, Nova’s crown was more than just a win for Nova. It was a win for all the Black kids. Now her best friend is dead, and her father won’t fact the fact that the main suspect is right in front of him. Duchess is convinced that Tinsley killed Nova—and that Tinsley is privileged enough to think she can get away with it. But Duchess’s father seems to be doing what he always does: fall behind the blue line. Which means that the white girl is going to walk.

Duchess is determined to prove Tinsley’s guilt. And to do that, she’ll have to get close to her.

But Tinsley has an agenda, too.

Everyone loved Nova. And sometimes, love is exactly what gets you killed. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

Promise Boys by Nick Brooks Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

The Urban Promise Prep School vows to turn boys into men. As students, J.B., Ramón, and Trey are forced to follow the prestigious “program’s” strict rules. Extreme discipline, they’ve been told, is what it takes to be college bound, to avoid the fates of many men in their neighborhoods. This, the Principal Moore Method, supposedly saves lives.

But when Moore ends up murdered and the cops come sniffing around, the trio emerges as the case’s prime suspects. With all three maintaining their innocence, they must band together to track down the real killer before they are arrested. But is the true culprit hiding among them? — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

How to Be a (Young) Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi & Nic Stone Kokila

The New York Times bestseller How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi is shaping the way a generation thinks about race and racism. How to be a (Young) Antiracist is a dynamic reframing of the concepts shared in the adult book, with young adulthood front and center. Aimed at readers 12 and up, and co-authored by award-winning children’s book author Nic Stone, How to be a (Young) Antiracist empowers teen readers to help create a more just society. Antiracism is a journey–and now young adults will have a map to carve their own path. Kendi and Stone have revised this work to provide anecdotes and data that speaks directly to the experiences and concerns of younger readers, encouraging them to think critically and build a more equitable world in doing so. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

One Girl In All The World (In Every Generation #2) by Kendare Blake Disney-Hyperion

Into every generation, a slayer is born. One girl in all the world . . . maybe.

Frankie Rosenberg is the world’s first slayer-witch, but she doesn’t have that slay-life balance figured out just yet. After all, being the newest slayer means that another slayer had to die. Frankie and the Scooby gang are still reeling from the deadly explosion that rocked the annual slayer retreat―and grappling with new evidence that some slayers may have made it out alive. And even though they defeated bloodthirsty vampire the Countess, it doesn’t mean Sunnydale is free from the forces of evil.

Something has reawakened the Hellmouth―and is calling old friends home. Someone is performing demon magic in the shadows, opening portals between dimensions. Everyone has demons to contend with―of the metaphorical and the very real (occasionally very hot) variety. And an oracle warns of a new evil on its way: the Darkness.

Could this be what attacked the slayers? And is it coming for Frankie? — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

The Cartographers by Amy Zhang *HarperCollins

Ocean Wu has always felt enormous pressure to succeed. After struggling with depression during her senior year in high school, Ocean moves to New York City, where she has been accepted at a prestigious university. But Ocean feels so emotionally raw and unmoored (and uncertain about what is real and what is not), that she decides to defer and live off her savings until she can get herself together. She also decides not to tell her mother (whom she loves very much but doesn’t want to disappoint) that she is deferring—at least until she absolutely must.

In New York, Ocean moves into an apartment with Georgie and Tashya, two strangers who soon become friends, and gets a job tutoring. She also meets a boy—Constantine Brave (a name that makes her laugh)—late one night on the subway. Constant is a fellow student and a graffiti artist, and Constant and Ocean soon start corresponding via Google Docs—they discuss physics, philosophy, art, literature, and love. But everything falls apart when Ocean goes home for Thanksgiving, Constant reveals his true character, Georgie and Tashya break up, and the police get involved.

Ocean, Constant, Georgie, and Tashya are all cartographers—mapping out their futures, their dreams, and their paths toward adulthood in this stunning and heartbreaking novel about finding the strength to control your own destiny. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

*The HarperCollins Union has been striking since 10 November 2022. Please consider supporting the strike by purchasing books through the union's Bookshop account or by donating to the strike fund.

[the-fiction-witch]

Take My Hand P11

Media Irl x 1910

Character Thomas Brodie Sangster

Couple Thomas X Reader

Rating Adorable

Concept Take My Hand Series

|Y/n|

I had a nice hot shower luckily not many others were showering around this time so lots of hot water making sure to wash my hair and make myself smell nice. I sat on my rooms sofa curling my hair while I got my best dress on, my little blue dress I was bringing with me for after we arrived I hadn't planned to wear it onboard but this felt right, it was such a sweet dress not impressed by any means but such a sweet color with beautiful embroidery I did very little make up just a lip and some eye work as I didn't want to seem too overdressed using my little white shoes and my gloves in the hope it would bring it all together I let my hair from the curls and plaited It. I grabbed my journal and a small bag doing a final spin to check myself over.

The door to my room then knocked to I hid some mess away and opened It seeing Thomas stood rather well dressed seeming at first confused and worried but relieved when he saw me

"Thank goodness I got lost for a while there" he laughed making me giggle too "you- you look so beautiful" he smiled looking me over

"Thank you I did my best, you look handsome'

"Ohh thank you, may I?' he asks offering his hand I nodded and he took my hand giving it a gentle kiss "I got really lost for a while. I didn't realize quiet how far down it was"

"That's okay, so shall we go? If you still want to, of course?"

"Of course I do" He smiled 

I held his arm as he lead me up though the ships many decks each getting more impressive the higher we went, until we reached this beautiful deck of marble floors, mahogany fixings, electronic lights hung in beautiful chandeliers I stopped short as we arrived at a stairwell, a bustling lobby below of women dressed in diamonds and men in fine suits, I felt immediately out of place stopping short letting his arm leave my grip. He stopped half way down the stairs as he noticed I wasn't with him and he turned back to me

"I uhh I shouldn't be here"

"You're fine your on my invitation." He smiled

"I think I'm uhh a little underdressed'

"You look beautiful, take my hand I promise I'll look after you" he smiled offering his and I was nervous but I took it letting him lead me down the stairs and thought a corridor or two until we reached the glass plane doors of the restaurant, we had to show our documents to the host and immediately he pulled a face 

"This is a third class passenger Sir"

"Yes, I invited her to dinner I have it all sorted if you continue with the paperwork"

"Sir I-"

"It should be shorted. she's here by invitation" 

"Have a pleasant evening" He says handing back our paperwork and we were lead inside this beautiful well decorated dinning room with a fireplace and tables all around the room, we were given a table on our own near the fireplace there were so many sets of cutlery and a menu long enough it took up the whole page 

"Holy toad." I muttered looking at the menu "How many courses?"

"Ten"  He smiled "it's my treat. get whatever you like" He smiled 

"Uhhhh okay" I nodded "anything you recommend?" 

"The Fillet was nice last night" he smiled eventfully we ordered even if I needed a lot of help and they took our menu's, it wasn't long till the first small soup arrived "Start at the edge work your way in" He told me 

"Right" I giggled "sorry"

"It's fine, it's always sweet to see people learn it" He laughs 

we ate and chatted for a good while about everything and nothing and it was so much fun the two of us laughing and joking between the two of us the courses luckily were small so it wasn't too hard to have something from all of them even if we mostly shared what we got 

"Ahh my favourite course" He smiled as our desert arrived I got peaches in jelly and he got some eclairs but we got ice cream between us "Ummm that's good. One thing I will say about the first class kitchen's they make good pudding"

"Umm it is really nice, never had peach jelly before"

"How is it?"

"Here" I smiled offering him a spoonful 

"oohh? that is good." He smiled "Ohh here." He smiled giving me half of his éclair 

"Thank you" I giggled "Umm very nice"

"Ice cream's good too." 

"I've had better"

"Ohh? enlighten me?"

"There is this little farm close to where I use to live they make the best ice cream,"

"You'll have to take me someday"

"I'd Love too" 

Once dinner was done with we went for a walk across the deck in the darkness 

"I had a lovely time Thomas"

"I had an amazing time with you too" 

"Ohh I stole this from the hosts cart before we left" he smiled grabbing a menu from his pocket "for your journal" 

"aww thank you so much" I smiled adding it to my journal for tonight 

"May I say something that might sound rather insane?"

"...Of course."

"I really like you y/n"

"Ohh" I blushed hard "I uhh I really like you too Thomas." 

"do you think I could come see you again tomorrow?"

"I'd like that" 

"You would?"

"I would" I nodded 

"Okay...Did you want me to walk you back?"

"If you wouldn't mind"

"not at all, I want to make sure you get back to your cabin safe" He reassured 

"Okay"

[mote-historie]

1910 Hector Guimard chandelier, Westland London. Art Nouveau.

[curlyhairedbibliophile]

Cover Art | The Davenports by Krystal Marquis

The Davenports delivers a totally escapist, swoon-worthy romance while offering a glimpse into a period of African American history often overlooked. The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in a changing United States, their fortune made through the entrepreneurship of William Davenport, a formerly enslaved man who founded the Davenport Carriage Company years ago. Now it’s 1910, and the Davenports live surrounded by servants, crystal chandeliers, and endless parties, finding their way and finding love—even where they’re not supposed to. There is Olivia, the beautiful elder Davenport daughter, ready to do her duty by getting married . . . until she meets the charismatic civil rights leader Washington DeWight and sparks fly. The younger daughter, Helen, is more interested in fixing cars than falling in love—unless it’s with her sister’s suitor. Amy-Rose, the childhood friend turned maid to the Davenport sisters, dreams of opening her own business—and marrying the one man she could never be with, Olivia and Helen’s brother, John. But Olivia’s best friend, Ruby, also has her sights set on John Davenport, though she can’t seem to keep his interest . . . until family pressure has her scheming to win his heart, just as someone else wins hers. Inspired by the real-life story of the Patterson family, The Davenports is the tale of four determined and passionate young Black women discovering the courage to steer their own path in life—and love.

Artwork by Deanna Halsall

Release date | Jan 31, 2023 Goodreads

[britishchick09]

i was tagged by @ashadeintheshade, so it's time to keep the game going! ;)

tag someone you want to know and/or some of your besties:

favorite color: blue! i also love lavender

last song: bert kaempfert's version of 'three o'clock in the morning'

last movie: 'a christmas story' on xmas day! even though i didn't stick around for it after dinner since i've seen it dozens of times

currently watching: dan and phil text each other 4! it's mostly on in the background, but i'm peeking in every once in a while ;)

other stuff i watched this year: i watched a lot of 1890s-1910s movies for my film history class! 'gertie' is the most iconic one! ;)

currently reading: i just finished reading 'lila goes for gold'! i thought it would be like other girl of the year books from ag, but i was pleasantly surprised by how fresh it felt

currently listening to: the dnp vid! ;)

currently working on: the big chandelier scene in erik's pov story!! :D

current obsession:

@jennyfair7

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Thanks to tasmanienerin for sending this dreamhouse of mine, a 1910 mansion in New York City. I'm surprised to see that the 6bd, 5ba home is actually original. (Did you notice the streets carved into the corner of the house?) $7.25M. I HOPE that the millionaire who buys it doesn't give a modern renovation and ruin it.

All the wood, including the floor, is original. It has a large nook with a round stained glass window, and built-in cabinets on each end. Love the gold-on-blue wallpaper.

The grand entrance hall is very large and has a beautiful chandelier. The hall is placed differently than other Victorians- it's sideways, so when you enter, the stairs are built facing "east/west," against the wall.

The owners chose to paint the reception room a sunny yellow and the corner room does get a lot of sun. It has a beautiful fireplace, gorgeous crown molding, wainscoting, and ceiling. It's such a large room, it fits 2 baby grand pianos with space to spare.

I think that this is the 2nd reception room, but they have it set up as a casual dining room. There's a fireplace and wainscoting, but the molding isn't as grand and the ceiling is plain. It does have a great chandelier, though.

This long room is the actual dining room. It has the high wainscoting and a grand fireplace. Look at the design in the ceiling.

I couldn't wait to see the kitchen, and it's basically intact. The stove is placed in the original cooking fireplace, there're no new cabinets except for a sink, but they do have a large commercial fridge. The table is huge. I love it. But, I would bet that someone's going to buy the house and completely gut it.

The home has 6 floors and this is a large landing. Notice the fancy stairs on the right, and across the way, behind a door, are the former staff stairs.

No doubt about it- there's a lot of climbing, b/c an elevator was never installed.

On this upper floor, there may be the staff rooms. It's unusual to see wainscoting on the upper levels.

Well, we can see that this bath is original. I hope someone doesn't come in and put up big tile showers and jetted soaking tubs.

I see that on the 3rd fl. there's a reading room.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1-W-123rd-St-New-York-NY-10027/2126331513_zpid

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The Riviera Theater, Uptown, Chicago

4746 N Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60640

Opened Oct. 2, 1918

C.W. Rapp and George Rapp, architects

Balaban & Katz, original owners

Seating Capacity: 2,500

Jam Productions, current owners

Current use: Concert venue

Completed in 1917 by architects George and C.W. Rapp (Rapp & Rapp), it was built as a movie theater for the Balaban & Katz chain. Transformed into a private nightclub in 1986, the Riviera Theatre is now one of Chicago’s premier concert and special events venues.

Jam Productions website https://www.jamusa.com/venues/riviera-theatre

Broadway and Lawrence, Uptown

Two theaters: the Riviera and the Uptown

Photo on display in the Riviera lobby, showing original chandelier, now gone, and the box office, which remains

The Riviera Theatre was the largest and most ornate of the movie theatres of the Uptown neighborhood until the opening of the Uptown Theatre almost a decade later. Opened October 2, 1918 with Lina Cavalieri in “A Woman of Impulse”. Built at a cost of well over half a million dollars (delayed by almost two years due to World War I), this Rapp & Rapp-designed house located on N. Racine Avenue between Broadway and W. Lawrence Avenue, originally seated 2,600 and its building also featured eight storefronts and over 30 apartments. Initially the Riviera Theatre was to have been operated by the Jones, Linick & Schaefer chain, which operated several Loop movie houses in the 1910’s and 1920’s such as the Orpheum Theatre, the Rialto Theatre, and the McVickers Theatre. However, the Riviera Theatre ended up becoming the second major theatre of the Balaban & Katz circuit, which at the time also included the Central Park Theatre, now regarded as Chicago’s first true ‘movie palace’. Featuring movies accompanied by the orchestra of S. Leopold Kohl, the Riviera Theatre also featured “high class” musical acts on stage. It was initially equipped with a Barton theatre organ which was later replaced by a Wurlitzer organ. The theatre mainly catered to the upper-middle class residents of the Uptown area, especially women. The Riviera Theatre continued to remain one of the neighborhood’s most popular movie houses for decades, even once the almost 4,500-seat Uptown Theatre opened just down the street. By 1977 it was in its final days as a full-time movie theatre as occasional live concerts were beginning to be staged. It became first a nightclub in 1986, and a few years later, after the nightclub closed, one of Chicago’s most popular concert venues, as it remains today. It still has a feel of faded elegance to it, and in 2000 the concert hall was named one of the historically important structures making up the Uptown Square National Historic District.

www.cinematreasures.org

In a scene still from the American drama film A Woman of Impulse (1918), Leonora, the opera singer known as "La Vecci" (played by Lina Cavalieri) sits in her backstage dressing room receiving visitors.

The Riviera Theater was open to the public on the weekend of October 14-15, as part of the Open House Chicago weekend sponsored by the Chicago Architecture Foundation. It was my first time inside the theater.

Jam Productions thoughtfully provided a booklet with a history of the Riviera and reproductions of archival photos. A couple of the images are scanned below.

Theater lobby

Such stage sets were often inserted for the performance of "prologues" or musical numbers before the movie screen would be lowered for the film showing.

As usual, interior photography is difficult without a tripod, and though some of these images are blurry, they give a good impression of what remains a stunning interior.

Sometimes thought of as a "companion" to the much larger Uptown theater just across Lawrence on Broadway, the Riviera was built first, and inspired the slightly later Chicago Theater in the Loop.

The purple wall color is not original, but there are no current plans to change it to the muted tones of the original scheme. A couple of original stencil designs have been uncovered in the lobbies, which will eventually be reproduced. The murals in the auditorium are faded and covered by grime and nicotine, but being backed by heavy paper rather than canvas, their restoration will prove tricky, and there is no current timeline for this process.

I was a bit mystified by the lack of theater seats on the main floor, which resembles a large concrete-floored nightclub rather than a theater. Never having been to a concert in this venue, I imagined what a standing-room crowd would experience here. the balcony level, however, has recently-installed theater seats, and seems a comfortable place from which to enjoy music.

The lobby features one of the original chandeliers from the Granada Theater in Rogers Park; somewhere there is a companion piece, which Jam hopes to acquire eventually for the outer lobby. The huge light fixture isn't exactly elegant; seen from the upper lobby, its design seems rather awkward. That, in my opinion, is one of the weaknesses of early movie palaces, which strove for an overall "wow" effect rather than architectural refinement or historical accuracy of detail.

Here are my photographs from my visit to the theater on October 14:

The Granada chandelier in the Riviera lobby

That's Chrissie Hynde

One of the depictions of the four seasons in the auditorium. The painting isn't nearly this clear or colorful; it's been Photoshopped. It appears muddy as in the next photo.

The six side light fixtures were later additions, and were simply hung from the center of the oval paintings.

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Robert Henri  Born June 24,1865 Cincinnati Ohio- Died July 12,1929 New York NY.

Robert Henri was a portraitist and figure painter who was admired for his straightforward vital likeness of unusual sitters, He is remembered  today  as influential, progressive and charismatic founder.

Robert  Henri was born a son of professional gambler and real estate developer. They lived in Nebraska and Colorado but later fled east when the  father shot and killed a rancher over a land dispute. They Eventually change their last name because of scandal and the family settled in Atlantic City, New Jersey in the 1800s. Henri attended Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts in Philadelphia where he studied under Thomas Anshuts, Thomas Hovender and James B Kelly. In 1888 he went to Paris and enrolled at the Academic Julian, later that summer he painted in Brittany and Barbizon and he also visited Italy prior to being admitted to Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1881. Robert Henri return to Philadelphia in 1892 and resumed his studies at the Academy. Moreover, he initiated an influential career as an art teacher at the school of Design  for Women until 1898. 

In 1900 Henri settled in New York where he taught at the New York School of Arts from 1902-1908. In 1902 he began to specialize in portraiture and 1906 he was elected to the National Academy of Design. He had his first exhibition of independent artist 1910 he continued to win many awards and teach at the School of the Arts until July 12,1929 when he died of cancer. 

Salome painted by Robert Henri 1902 on oil canvas measuring 77 x 37 inches display at the Ringling Museum of Art. Salome presents with a powerfully and gracefully poise of a dancer with the illustration of light and dark contrast.The way she standing accentuate her grace and femininity. Her head is tilted slightly upwards represents ambition, nobility and elegance that seems to pull you in as though she wants to tell you a secret or has an air of mystery. Her chandelier earrings represent luxury sophistication and elegance. Salome is painted as a model with upper arm bracelet portrays strength, and protection, power and status. Some people throughout history wore arm cuffs as a sign of elite social status. In the Old English poem  Beowolf, arm cuffs were given as gifts to secure a bond of loyalty and allegiance. Colors are rich and dramatic reds and browns and black heighten the sense of drama that help highlight Salome model’s features and attire. The green in her attire represents the serenity and her striving to be grounded. The reds on her jewelry represents her passion of her presence in life. Her aubergine wrap represents to me the  mystery of an exotic gypsy dancer.

My attention was drawn to this painting because of the contrast of the colors. Salome poses with elegance and self assurance her posture is firm and pose, exuding confidence and strength. Her eyes are penetrating direct outward in a way that comforts with out hesitation. furthermore anyone passing by can see the elegance and exotic the painting is. She exhibits a class of elegance and exotic, that shows she is tru to her self. To trust your intuition and be confident. Her posture show women how to be powerful with out saying a word, she command attention with out saying a word.