Word: cires
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...entire library building situated at No. 33 East 36th street, Manhattan, is built of white marble with a magnificently sculptured frieze on the outside. In the hall, the walls of white marble and mosaic form an exquisite setting for the bronze doors, which are masterpieces of Italian cire perdue work of the 16th Century, said to be as fine as those of the Baptistry of Florence. The most conspicuous object in the hall is a bronze bust of the Marquis of Pescara, wearing the Golden Fleece, ascribed to Benvenuto Cellini. In the rooms, which will form the happy hunt...
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