Dining Room
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Dining Room History
Of noble proportions and of a style that recalls state dining rooms in English country houses of the 18th century, the Dining Room was an appropriate setting for the formal dinners that Mr. Frick hosted, at a rate of two per week, from October through May. Lining the walls are 18th-century British paintings, a customary choice for the dining room of a grand residence. Because the furniture in this room was to be used, it was modern. Mr. Frick’s interior designer, Sir Charles Allom, based his designs on English models of the 18th century. From the basement kitchen, food was sent up via a dumbwaiter to the adjoining Butler’s Pantry.
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Colin B. Bailey, Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, The Frick Collection
Decorative Art in the Dining Room
The furniture was designed by the London firm of White Allom for this room.
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Covered Chinese Porcelain Jar with Gilt-Bronze Mounts, Chinese, Qing Dynasty, 1644–1912. French 18th-century mounts, c. 1735–50. Purchased 1915. |
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Paul De Lamerie, 1688–1751. English. Silver-Gilt Écuelle, 1739/40. Silver- Gilt Ladle (attributed to De Lamerie), c. 1739. Both purchased 1916. |
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Four Chinese Porcelain Covered Jars with “Famille Rose” Decoration, Qing Dynasty, 1644–1912. Purchased 1915. |
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Ferdinand Berthoud, 1727–1807. French. Mantel Clock with Figures Emblematic of the Triumph of Love over Time, c. 1765–70. Purchased 1916. The clock is signed by the horologist who worked on the clock at the foot of the Staircase. |
 Dining Room, 1927 |
 Dining Room, 1927 |
 Dining room, 1927 |
 Dining Room, 1927 |
 Dining Room during Frick Collection construction, 1933 |
 Dining Room, 1935 |
 Dining Room, looking southwest, 1947 |
 Dining Room, looking northeast, 1947 |
 Dining Room, north wall, 1947 |
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Google Art Project
Google recently announced the major global expansion of last year's groundbreaking Art Project. This unique collaboration merging art and technology now includes 151 partners in 40 countries around the world. In the United States alone, the project has expanded beyond the initial group of four museums, which included The Frick Collection, to represent 29 partners — ranging from large institutions to university galleries — in 16 cities.
For more information about this project, see Google Art Project