Letter from Joseph Duveen to Henry Clay Frick, 22 September 1911

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DUVEEN BROTHERS 20, PLACE VENDÔME PARIS Sept. 22/11. 19_

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OFFICE OF H. C. FRICK RECEIVED OCT 3 1911 FORWARDED REFERRED ANSWERED

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JD


Henry C. Frick, Esq., Pride's Crossing, near BOSTON, U. S. A.


Dear Mr. Frick,-

I was very pleased to hear that you had commenced to plan, with your Architect, an addition to your country house, and that you have consented to give me an opportunity of shewing what I can do in the way of decoration for the Ballroom and the Picture Gallery.


I have in mind a scheme which I should much like to submit to you; hence my reason for asking Mr. Jarman to call to ask whether I might have the use of your plans for a little while.


There is a decorator here in France who possesses a wonderful old French carved oak boiserie which came from a Royal Palace, and which of its kind is one of the finest rooms I have ever seen. The man bought it many years ago, but up to the moment he has been unable to dispose of it because it is so large. Now I think this would just suit your Ballroom, but I cannot definitely say so until I have your plans before me, I will speak to you more about it when I meet you in Newyork. SIC


In order to produce something really great, the only thing to do (to my mind) is to have a model prepared of each room. This is so much better than mere drawings, which cannot give one a really clear idea of the tout-ensemble. The model should be a large one to enable you to look inside the room; in fact, it should be a miniature of what the room will exactly look like when finished.


This was the plan adopted in the case of the Ballroom at Hursley Park near Winchester, which I built a few years ago for Sir George and Lady Cooper )a sister, as you are doubtless


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