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Marjorie Merriweather Post. (Hillwood Museum & Gardens).
Hillwood Museum and Gardens in northwest Washington, D. C., was once the twenty-five-acre estate of Marjorie Merriweather Post (P1. I), the only child of Charles Wil Barns Post (1854--1914), who founded the Post cereal empire. Adjoining the thickly forested Rock Creek Park, the estate is a testament to a patriotic midwestern woman who transcended her social station to achieve the status of American royalty. She established her taste and style during the twilight of the Gilded Age and carried it forward to the age of Camelot, always surrounding herself with resplendent beauty and achieving aesthetic harmony Driven by patriotic and philanthropic ideals, she also gave ...
- Hillwood Museum: Treasures beyond most imagining: Marjorie Post home has lavish...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Yorke, Tom April 18, 1996 700+ words
...and Nicholas II at their weddings. Other Faberge items are here, including the first Faberge piece acquired (1927) by Marjorie Post, a small box in amethyst quartz. She next acquired a pink imperial Easter egg, known as the Cameo Egg. There's history...
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Announces its Centennial Anniversary; Releases...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 7, 2002 700+ words
BOSTON -- The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum will celebrate 100 years...hundred years ago, Isabella Stewart Gardner created a new context for art...and learning. "The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has been something special...
- Isabella Stewart Gardner's museum reflects her flamboyant love of art.(Arts and...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Palumbo, Mary Jo April 22, 2003 700+ words
...Palumbo It was rumored that Isabella Stewart Gardner strolled down the steps of her Beacon...opening Wednesday at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum celebrates the 100th anniversary...The Making of the Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner as Collector, Architect and Designer...
- Isabella Stewart Gardner's flowery legacy flourishes in Boston.
- Newspaper article from: Morning Call (Allentown, PA) May 29, 2007 700+ words
...in their path. As head gardener for Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Kozak's haunting worries concern possible attacks...a tradition started in 1903 by museum founder Isabella Stewart Gardner to celebrate her April 14 birthday. But the display is...
- Isabella Stewart Gardner's flowery legacy flourishes here.
- Newspaper article from: Morning Call (Allentown, PA) May 18, 2007 700+ words
...in their path. As head gardener for Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Kozak's haunting worries concern possible attacks...a tradition started in 1903 by museum founder Isabella Stewart Gardner to celebrate her April 14 birthday. But the display is...
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Showcases Americana.
- Magazine article from: National Mortgage News Dymi, Amilda October 3, 2007 700+ words
...cloisters in southern France. The museum's founder, Isabella Stewart Gardner, was a collector and philanthropist. She also was a pioneer...accessible to her less fortunate fellow Americans. Isabella Stewart Gardner first welcomed visitors on New Year's Day in 1903 with...
- A Boston Beauty: Isabella Stewart Gardner's flowery legacy flourishes here.
- Newspaper article from: Morning Call (Allentown, PA) May 18, 2007 700+ words
...in their path. As head gardener for Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Kozak's haunting worries concern possible attacks...a tradition started in 1903 by museum founder Isabella Stewart Gardner to celebrate her April 14 birthday. But the display is...
- ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM RENOVATES, EXPANDS.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Thornell, Carley November 8, 2009 700+ words
Byline: CARLEY THORNELL Long a bit of a faded flower, the Yellow Room at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has taken on a lustrous saffron glow after a detailed makeover - part of the venerable museum's ongoing gallery-by...
Source: HighBeam Research, Marjorie Merriweather Post. (Hillwood Museum & Gardens).