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Street Index And Baist Atlas Of Richmond, Va 1889

Baist Atlas Indexes

Index created by VCU Libraries for the Baist Atlas of Richmond, VA 1889.

Street Index For Baist Atlas Of Richmond, Va 1889 (Combined)

Baist Atlas Indexes

Combined index and atlas created by VCU Libraries for the Baist Atlas of Richmond, VA 1889.

Covid-10, Healthcare Interior Design + Provider Experience - How Does Your Space Work For You?, Ruth E.P. Deibler

Graduate Research Posters

The lack of research on healthcare staff experience and interior design of the spaces they work in is evident. A focus on staff perspective is needed, particularly staff who navigated the COVID-19 pandemic. This research seeks to capture those stories to develop further research in order to improve staff experience. The initial phase of this mixed-methods approach is a survey. Hypothetically, by placing providers at the center of qualitative research related to healthcare interior design, we can better understand existing healthcare spaces. Ideally, we can develop additional evidence-based, human-centered solutions to transform interior environments in healthcare.

The 20-year Women’s Health …

Pattern Research Project: An Investigation Of The Pattern And Printing Process - Asanoha, Alyssa Chin

Pattern Research Project

2017 Pattern Research Project

Alyssa Chin - Asanoha

The Pattern Research Project involves research and analysis of contemporary patterns found in the textiles and wallcoverings of the built interior environment. Patterns use motif, repetition, color, geometry, craft, technology, and space to communicate place, time, and concept. Through this research and analysis, built environments - their designers, occupants, construction, and context - can be better understood.

Alyssa Chin, VCU Interior Design BFA 2020, selected the Asanoha pattern for the 2017 Pattern Research Project. The text below is excerpted from the student’s work:

“Asanoha is a traditional pattern of Japan and its …

Artistic Tiles, American Encaustic Tiling Co.

Artistic Tiles from the American Encaustic Tiling Company

A manufacturer's catalog consisting of 89 unnumbered leaves of photographs and illustrations of embossed art tiles, some displayed as surrounding a mantle and some displayed on their own. Details for the tiles are given including size of tiles and assigned numbers, presumably corresponding to their manufacturing number. Included is a drawing of "a modern bathroom," as well as "profiles, of a few of our base, cap, cove, bead, and door trim tiles."

Ceramic Mosaic Tile : Mounted On Paper, American Encaustic Tiling Co.

Artistic Tiles from the American Encaustic Tiling Company

A manufacturer's catalog consisting of seventy-one color plates which depict available patterns, sizing, colors, lettering and numbers for myriad styles of floor tile design.

Letter From Griffin & Randall To James W. Allison, 1894 October 30, Griffin & Randall

Building VCU’s President's House

Letter from Griffin & Randall to James W. Allison defining specifications and values for crystal plate, polished plate, and plate glass.

Baist Atlas Of Richmond, Va 1889, G. Wm. (George William) Baist

Baist Atlas Indexes

Compiled and published by G. Wm. Baist topographical engineer 906 Walnut St. Philadelphia. 1889. Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1889 by G. Wm. Baist, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C.

Illustrated Catalogue Of Art Tiles Made By J. G. & J. F. Low (1887), J.G. & J.F. Low (Firm)

Low Art Tile Book Collection

Photographs and color illustrations of tiles. This 1887 catalogue is incomplete. Compared with a 1990 reproduction of an intact 1887 catalogue, VCU Libraries’ copy lacks the following: six of 51 plates of unglazed designs (1-4, 12, and 51), the front and back covers, a title page, a reference key, a price list, and at least three pages of advertisements. Of particular note, however, are four lithographed plates (7-10) labeled “Moorish Designs,” which are not present in other Low catalogues.

Plastic Sketches Of J.G. And J.F. Low, J.G. & J.F. Low (Firm)

Low Art Tile Book Collection

This is a special series of 47 unglazed tiles modeled by Arthur Osborne. It was published in 1882 as a small, inexpensive booklet and, later, in 1886 as a deluxe edition with a satin cover. The digitized version is of an incomplete deluxe edition of 27 of the plates. Arthur Osborne’s signature, the letter “A” inside a circle, is evident in the bottom right corner of each modeled tile.Photographs of reproduction tiles made after the original plastic sketches of Arthur Osborne. Includes: 1. Eureka -- 3. Monks going to Mass -- 7. An Elizabethan lady -- 8. A courtier of …

Illustrated Catalogue Of Art Tiles Made By J. G. & J. F. Low (1884), J. G. And J.F. Low

Low Art Tile Book Collection

Text includes: Chronology of Low's Tiles; Reference Key; Price List of Low's Art Tiles; Plates I-XXX, and Trade advertisements (36 p.). This catalog includes two photographic plates of fireplaces and 28 plates of unglazed designs, a historical chronology, a reference key for the plates depicted, a price list of Low’s art tiles, and 36 pages of advertisements. The VCU Libraries’ copy also is inscribed, "Compliments of J.G. & J.F. Low." This digitized copy is a combination of two copies held by VCU Libraries in order to create the most complete copy possible. Pages 2, 3 and 39-75 are from the …

Illustrated Atlas Of The City Of Richmond, Va.: Richmond City Business Notices Index

Beers Atlas Indexes

Index to the Richmond City Business Notices section of the Illustrated Atlas of the City of Richmond, Va., by F.W. Beers, published in 1876.

Illustrated Atlas Of The City Of Richmond, Va.: Street Index

Beers Atlas Indexes

Street index to the Illustrated Atlas of the City of Richmond, Va., by F.W. Beers, published in 1876.

Illustrated Atlas Of The City Of Richmond, Va. With Business Notices Index And Street Index

Beers Atlas Indexes

Illustrated Atlas of the City of Richmond, Va. with Business Notices Index and Street Index.

Illustrated Atlas Of The City Of Richmond, Va., F.W. (Frederick W.) Beers

Beers Atlas Indexes

In addition to maps of Richmond, the atlas contains views of St. James Hotel, Richmond; Richmond Stove Company; St. Claire Hotel, Richmond; Healing Springs, Virginia; Wallawhatoola Springs, Virginia; Old Sweet Springs, West Virginia; and American Hotel, Richmond.