Image / Carved chest in the penthouse of the Oviatt Building, Los Angeles, 1930

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Title: Carved chest in the penthouse of the Oviatt Building, Los Angeles, 1930
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa March 30, 1930]
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Reported in "Castle in air houses Oviatt," Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 1930: A3.
The Oviatt Building (617 South Olive St; constructed 1927-1928) was designed for the clothier, James Zera Oviatt, a partner in the establishment, Alexander and Oviatt. The penthouse was decorated by the Paris interior design firm, Saddler et fils.
Room in the penthouse of the Oviatt Building with a decorative chest with relief carvings and burl veneer.
Handwritten on negative: James Oviatt Home atop Alexander & Oviatt Bldg.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: c1429_b3720_G3559
ark:/21198/zz002hjft5
Subject: Penthouses--California--Los Angeles
Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Oviatt Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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