North Octagonal Room - Revision history

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2009-09-09T17:29:25Z

Objects Displayed in This Room - add link

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	==Objects Displayed in This Room==		==Objects Displayed in This Room==
		+	*[[View from Monticello Looking Toward Charlottesville (Painting)]]
	*[[View of the West Front of Monticello and Garden (Painting)]]		*[[View of the West Front of Monticello and Garden (Painting)]]

	[[Category:Monticello (House)]]		[[Category:Monticello (House)]]

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2009-09-04T13:09:58Z

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	'''Architectural features:''' [[Alcove Bed \| Alcove bed]] with a closet overhead; based on one of Jefferson's favorite architectural shapes, the octagon; one closet is shaped as a triangle to complete the octagon; triple-sash windows (windows.qt), used in many rooms on the first floor, served both as a doorway and a ventilation device; interior shutters are used throughout the first floor for privacy and insulation.		'''Architectural features:''' [[Alcove Bed \| Alcove bed]] with a closet overhead; based on one of Jefferson's favorite architectural shapes, the octagon; one closet is shaped as a triangle to complete the octagon; triple-sash windows (windows.qt), used in many rooms on the first floor, served both as a doorway and a ventilation device; interior shutters are used throughout the first floor for privacy and insulation.

-	'''Furnishings of Note:''' Today the room holds a desk made in the Monticello joinery, an engraving of James Madison, and paintings of the West Front of Monticello and the view from Monticello, by Jane Braddick Peticolas, painted in 1825. The room also features an unusual traveling box belonging to Jefferson's protégé [[William Short]].	+	==Objects Displayed in This Room==
		+	*[[View of the West Front of Monticello and Garden (Painting)]]

	[[Category:Monticello (House)]]		[[Category:Monticello (House)]]

Gsandling: Added reference to William Short's travel case to this page as N. Oct is current location.

2008-01-16T13:39:10Z

Added reference to William Short's travel case to this page as N. Oct is current location.

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	'''Architectural features:''' [[Alcove Bed \| Alcove bed]] with a closet overhead; based on one of Jefferson's favorite architectural shapes, the octagon; one closet is shaped as a triangle to complete the octagon; triple-sash windows (windows.qt), used in many rooms on the first floor, served both as a doorway and a ventilation device; interior shutters are used throughout the first floor for privacy and insulation.		'''Architectural features:''' [[Alcove Bed \| Alcove bed]] with a closet overhead; based on one of Jefferson's favorite architectural shapes, the octagon; one closet is shaped as a triangle to complete the octagon; triple-sash windows (windows.qt), used in many rooms on the first floor, served both as a doorway and a ventilation device; interior shutters are used throughout the first floor for privacy and insulation.

-	'''Furnishings of Note:''' Today the room holds a desk made in the Monticello joinery, an engraving of James Madison, and paintings of the West Front of Monticello and the view from Monticello, by Jane Braddick Peticolas, painted in 1825.	+	'''Furnishings of Note:''' Today the room holds a desk made in the Monticello joinery, an engraving of James Madison, and paintings of the West Front of Monticello and the view from Monticello, by Jane Braddick Peticolas, painted in 1825. The room also features an unusual traveling box belonging to Jefferson's protégé [[William Short]].

	[[Category:Monticello (House)]]		[[Category:Monticello (House)]]

Bcraig at 18:07, 11 July 2007

2007-07-11T18:07:42Z

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	'''Color:''' French wallpaper -- the original trellis pattern has been reproduced. Jefferson purchased wallpaper for other rooms, but researchers have not yet found enough evidence to reproduce it.		'''Color:''' French wallpaper -- the original trellis pattern has been reproduced. Jefferson purchased wallpaper for other rooms, but researchers have not yet found enough evidence to reproduce it.

-	'''Purpose of Room:''' Bedroom and possibly a sitting room, used frequently by James and Dolley Madison.	+	'''Purpose of Room:''' Bedroom and possibly a sitting room, used frequently by [[James Madison\|James]] and Dolley Madison.

	'''Architectural features:''' [[Alcove Bed \| Alcove bed]] with a closet overhead; based on one of Jefferson's favorite architectural shapes, the octagon; one closet is shaped as a triangle to complete the octagon; triple-sash windows (windows.qt), used in many rooms on the first floor, served both as a doorway and a ventilation device; interior shutters are used throughout the first floor for privacy and insulation.		'''Architectural features:''' [[Alcove Bed \| Alcove bed]] with a closet overhead; based on one of Jefferson's favorite architectural shapes, the octagon; one closet is shaped as a triangle to complete the octagon; triple-sash windows (windows.qt), used in many rooms on the first floor, served both as a doorway and a ventilation device; interior shutters are used throughout the first floor for privacy and insulation.

Jackie at 19:19, 19 June 2007

2007-06-19T19:19:31Z

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	'''Purpose of Room:''' Bedroom and possibly a sitting room, used frequently by James and Dolley Madison.		'''Purpose of Room:''' Bedroom and possibly a sitting room, used frequently by James and Dolley Madison.

-	'''Architectural features:''' Alcove bed with a closet overhead; based on one of Jefferson's favorite architectural shapes, the octagon; one closet is shaped as a triangle to complete the octagon; triple-sash windows (windows.qt), used in many rooms on the first floor, served both as a doorway and a ventilation device; interior shutters are used throughout the first floor for privacy and insulation.	+	'''Architectural features:''' [[Alcove Bed \| Alcove bed]] with a closet overhead; based on one of Jefferson's favorite architectural shapes, the octagon; one closet is shaped as a triangle to complete the octagon; triple-sash windows (windows.qt), used in many rooms on the first floor, served both as a doorway and a ventilation device; interior shutters are used throughout the first floor for privacy and insulation.

	'''Furnishings of Note:''' Today the room holds a desk made in the Monticello joinery, an engraving of James Madison, and paintings of the West Front of Monticello and the view from Monticello, by Jane Braddick Peticolas, painted in 1825.		'''Furnishings of Note:''' Today the room holds a desk made in the Monticello joinery, an engraving of James Madison, and paintings of the West Front of Monticello and the view from Monticello, by Jane Braddick Peticolas, painted in 1825.

	[[Category:Monticello (House)]]		[[Category:Monticello (House)]]

Bcraig: New page: right '''Dimensions:''' 14' 10"x 15' 3"; ceiling 10' 0" '''Order:''' Tuscan '''Source:''' Palladio '''Color:''' French wallpaper -- the original trellis p...

2007-04-04T20:27:59Z

New page: right '''Dimensions:''' 14' 10"x 15' 3"; ceiling 10' 0" '''Order:''' Tuscan '''Source:''' Palladio '''Color:''' French wallpaper -- the original trellis p...

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[[Image:northoctagonal.jpg|right]]

'''Dimensions:''' 14' 10"x 15' 3"; ceiling 10' 0"

'''Order:''' Tuscan

'''Source:''' Palladio

'''Color:''' French wallpaper -- the original trellis pattern has been reproduced. Jefferson purchased wallpaper for other rooms, but researchers have not yet found enough evidence to reproduce it.

'''Purpose of Room:''' Bedroom and possibly a sitting room, used frequently by James and Dolley Madison.

'''Architectural features:''' Alcove bed with a closet overhead; based on one of Jefferson's favorite architectural shapes, the octagon; one closet is shaped as a triangle to complete the octagon; triple-sash windows (windows.qt), used in many rooms on the first floor, served both as a doorway and a ventilation device; interior shutters are used throughout the first floor for privacy and insulation.

'''Furnishings of Note:''' Today the room holds a desk made in the Monticello joinery, an engraving of James Madison, and paintings of the West Front of Monticello and the view from Monticello, by Jane Braddick Peticolas, painted in 1825.

[[Category:Monticello (House)]]