[The floor plan of Evelyn Riesman's bedroom in Paris, highlighting the locations of her bureau, fire place, door, wardrobe, desk, wash stand, chair, window, table, bed, and bookshelf]

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Title: [The floor plan of Evelyn Riesman's bedroom in Paris, highlighting the locations of her bureau, fire place, door, wardrobe, desk, wash stand, chair, window, table, bed, and bookshelf]
Date: 1930
Creator: Riesman, Evelyn Hastings, 1912-1998.
Notes: Evelyn [Hastings Thompson Riesman] ALS to Mother [Lilian Hastings], 1930. Paris, [FR], page 1. From a collection of letters that Evelyn and Jan Thompson wrote to their parents in Brookline, Massachusetts, from 1930-1936. The bulk of the correspondence consists of Evelyn's letters about her education in Paris, France, and at Bryn Mawr College, and about her life and editorial work in Washington, D.C. Evelyn's sister Jan wrote 4 illustrated letters from Bermuda in the fall of 1935.
Names and Subjects: Bedrooms--France--1930-1940.; Bedrooms--Pictorial works.; Beds--1930-1940.; Chairs--1930-1940.; Chairs--France.; Desks--1930-1940.; Doors--1930-1940.; Doors--France--Paris.; Fireplaces--1930-1940.; Fireplaces--France.; Floor plans--1930-1940.; Paris (France)--1930-1940.; Shelving for books.; Tables--1930-1940.; Wardrobes--1930-1940.; Windows--France--Paris--1930-1940.; Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Floor plans (orthographic projections); Letters (correspondence); Line drawings.; Pen and ink drawings.
Collection Title: Evelyn and Jan Thompson letters
Collection Creator: Thompson, Lilian Hastings and Thompson, Maurice de Kay, 1877-.
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 7458
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2019-02-27 11:35:47

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Image Size: 5776 x 6190
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Record: 7458
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Full citation: "[The floor plan of Evelyn Riesman's bedroom in Paris, highlighting the locations of her bureau, fire place, door, wardrobe, desk, wash stand, chair, window, table, bed, and bookshelf]". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-7458/wcl007524. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. July 10, 2025.