In a message dated 12/10/2006 10:26:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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It would be a supreme tragedy if this room was lost. At the time it was painted an off-white. No finishes testing was done, just plaster repair - resculpting of some contour and figure work and reattaching of plaster keying. Repainted the same color (as I recall Ben Moore OW-7).
Twyb, this from Avis Berman, Gertrude Whitney/Juliana Force expert:
In a message dated 12/11/2006 10:54:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, AvisBerman writes:
No photograph because that was Whitney's private space and she never allowed photographs of any of her personal interiors. I think it was plaster that was then polychromed. Imagine what it must have been like in color, with red - gold flames leaping to the ceiling.
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