Retreat To The Past
by Susan Molnar
Title
Retreat To The Past
Artist
Susan Molnar
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Photograph - Photography, Digital Photo-art, Coastal Art
Description
The view into a lovely bedroom from the past. This is one of the bedrooms of the Pinewood Estate at Bok Gardens, Florida. I love the beautiful woodwork of the archway, the warm wood floor, and the incredible workmanship throughout this mansion that is rarely seen today. Note the iron supports stretched across the ceiling. These were added in later years to support the aging structure. Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. had designed Edward Bok's Gardens and several private gardens inside Mountain Lake Estates, a neighboring private community. Charles Austin Buck engaged Olmsted's firm to design the landscape of his winter estate. In 1929, landscape architect William Lyman Phillips of the Olmsted Brothers firm began to design the gardens and the placement of the house. In 1930, architect Charles Wait was hired to design the house that has become one of the finest examples of Mediterranean-style architecture in the state of Florida. The Estate was the result of the collaborative inspiration of Buck, Wait and Phillips.
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September 3rd, 2014
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