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[Library of Congress (Congressional Library") D.C. Section circular reading room]" – Vintage Wall Art

[Library of Congress (Congressional Library") D.C. Section circular reading room]", ADE - UNIT 2423, no. 4 (A size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items) — historic drawing
[Library of Congress (Congressional Library") D.C. Section circular reading room]", ADE - UNIT 2423, no. 4 (A size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items). Historic drawing from the Library of Congress collection.

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This drawing shows the circular reading room at the Library of Congress, the central space beneath the dome of the Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C. The building was completed in 1897, when the library moved out of the Capitol, and its reading room was among the most admired interiors of its day. Readers sat at radiating desks around a ring of bookcases, with the open book stacks beyond. Architectural drawings like this one record how the design was planned before the room was built, and they show the careful geometry that gave the space its unusual unity.

Created / publishedADE - UNIT 2423, no. 4 (A size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
Medium2002709133
Genreand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
NotesFor information see Architecture
SubjectsDesign
Original scan1,536 × 1,218 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138057

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