Job #43-71 Two Beds Painted and upholstered using Two headboards from daybed and making new foot posts and rails, blue guest room for Ford, Benson, 1962
Scope and Contents
The Jessup collection includes 1,400-plus drawings from the cabinetmaking shop of Jessup, Inc., it is the largest surviving document of the sixty-six-year-old firm. The drawings are technical rather than illustrative and include commissions for projects in Palm Beach, Hobe Sound, and Grosse Pointe, Michigan to name a few. Many of the commissions are for projects by architects Marion Sims Wyeth and John Volk who are also in the Foundation’s collections. The scrapbook is 13” x 10” and approximately 30 pages assembled circa 1935. It is a combination of purchased photos of attractions and some personal photos of Jessup and her husband John and sister Peggy. It includes: playbills, menus, hotel receipts, and Silver Jubilee Year ephemera. The itinerary includes: London, Cambridge, Paris, Brussels, Antwerp, The Hague, and Haarlem.
Dates
- Other: 1962
Extent
From the Series: 9 Linear Feet (18 tube boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Repository