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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Arrangement study of Reading Room] – Historic Reproduction

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Arrangement study of Reading Room], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Arrangement study of Reading Room], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic drawing from the Library of Congress collection.

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This drawing is an arrangement study for the Reading Room, a planning sheet that shows how the room's furniture and circulation might be laid out before construction. It is rendered in graphite, watercolor, and ink on paper, and the record ties it to the Library's architectural and engineering drawings. The room it depicts is the octagonal main reading room beneath the dome of the Thomas Jefferson Building, which opened in 1897 as the Library's home. Such studies show how the architects balanced a public space for scholars with the need for clear sightlines and easy access to the book stacks. The record does not give a date or attribute the drawing to a specific draftsman, so the sheet is best read as a window into the design process behind one of Washington's best-known interiors.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : graphite, watercolor and ink on paper.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan6,395 × 5,220 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138018

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