Word: dado
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...looking out over Holmes Field, and the studies will face the south and west, thus securing as much sunlight as possible, and giving a superb view of Cambridge Common, the Washington elm, and old Christ Church. The inside finish of the rooms will be of quartered oak, with a dado of the same, three feet high, while the mantels are to be of Knoxville grey marble. The ceilings will be tinted in water colors, and there will be a handsome picture-moulding on the walls...
...part of the partition in the auditor's room of Memorial Hall is now in place. It is made of ash to match the dado, with a top of black walnut. A gilded, open-work screen extending around the whole length will make the total height of the partition six and one-half feet...