Art and Handcraft in the Woman's Building
of the World's Columbian Exposition
Forfatter: Maud Howe Elliott
År: 1893
Forlag: Goupil & Co.
Sted: Paris and New York
Sider: 287
UDK: gl. 061.4(100) Chicago
Chigaco, 1893.
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IN THE WOMAN’S BUILDING.
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■quickly. It seemed to me that I should always see it as then, peer-
less, shining, a fair temple to that which is essentially feminine in
human life. The next day I hurried to my work within its doors
with a single thought, that it was well and conveniently arranged
for my purpose; but in the coming years I shall see our building in
all its beauty as I saw it. on that never-to-be-forgotten morning.
DECORATIVE PANEL—“ARCADIA.”
Amanda Brewster Sewell. United States.
The Woman’s Building was planned by Miss Sophia Hayden of
Boston, a graduate of the Massachusetts School of Technology, of
the class of 1890. A national competition of designs by women
resulted in the choice of Miss Hayden’s plans. The site is admira-
bly chosen from an artistic and practical standpoint. The building
stands between the Horticultural Hall and the Bureau of Public