The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware  19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         Ballora, Edmond, 1888-1965

Title:               Drawings and tracings

Dates:             ca.1920-ca.1935

Call No.:         Col. 270         

Acc. No.:        80x268

Quantity:        about 125 items

Location:        Map case 2, drawers 6-7

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Edmond Ballora was an interior decorator, listing himself as providing Decoration Artistique, at 516 and 681 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y.   Little information was learned about his career, however.  He was born as Adib Ballora on March 17, 1888, in Jerusalem, which was part of the Ottoman Empire at that time.  The family often described itself as Syrian; brothers Adib and Edward renounced loyalty to the Ottoman Sultan on their naturalization papers (Adib in 1913, brother Edward during World War I).

 

Adib/Edmond and a sister Anice(?)arrived in the United States with their mother Sarah on September 16, 1906.  Sadly, brother and sister were rejected at this time, but they were later able to rejoin their mother.  The 1910 census listed father Abdullah Ballora as head, and he was a professor of Arabic.  However, the 1915 state census listed Sarah Ballora as head of the household, and nothing else was learned about Abdullah.  There were several daughters in the family as well; in 1910 one was listed as a servant, one was a stenographer, and another was a milliner.

 

Adib became a salesman and a buyer for an unknown firm.  He applied for a U.S. passport in 1911, listing his occupation as buyer, and declaring that he was going on a buying trip to England, France, and Italy.  On his 1917 draft registration card, he declared he was a salesman at L. Alavoine & Co., a high-end firm of art dealers and decorators which catered to the wealthy.

 

Adib changed his name to Edmond between 1917 (he was Adib on his draft registration card) and 1920 (he was Edmond in the U.S. census).  It is not known whether he ever married.  He died in 1965 and was buried at the Evergreens Cemetery in Brooklyn. 

 

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

The collection consists of 125 drawings and tracings, primarily in pencil and colored pencil, for room interiors and furniture.  Many of the designs suggest a French influence.  A variety of styles is featured, including moderne, neo-classical, art deco, Renaissance revival, and Louis XV.  Dining rooms with furnishings, ceiling lights, details of carving, schemes for Mrs. Nichol's salon, a game room, a foyer, and plans for window treatment are among the depictions.  Several of the renditions are full scale. In many instances, the client is identified.  Mrs. W.P. Chrysler and Mrs. P.H. Ruxton were among his clients.

 

 

ORGANIZATION

 

The drawings are arranged in accession number order and are filed in Map Case 2, Drawers 6 and 7.       

 

 

PROVENANCE

           

Gift of Charles B. Wood.

 

 

RELATED MATERIALS

 

See also Col. 188, Emery Roth drawings, at this repository.  Identical drawings, both unsigned, of the same table appear in both collections, and it is suspected that there was either a professional relationship between Ballora and Roth, or that the drawings in the collections were mixed up before being donated to the Downs Collection.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Interior decoration.

            Interior architecture.

            Furniture - Drawings.

            Room layout (Dwellings).

            Decoration and ornament.

            Decoration and ornament – Art deco.

            Pencil drawing.

            Interior lighting - Drawings.

            Drawings.

            Architectural drawings.

            Interior designers.

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: Map Case 2, Drawers 6-7

                                                                       

Note: All the accession numbers begin with 80x268.  In the descriptions which follow, "labeled" means in another hand at an unknown date on the outside of the folded drawing.  "Inscribed" means by the renderer on the face of the drawing. Interpretive notations are most often written in French.

 

.l          "Dining room."  Elevation of fireplace wall.  Stylistically moderne with wall divided in three parts; wall lights and benches at right and left; fireplace at center with free-hanging hearth and an Art Deco painting or sculpture above; scalloped border at top of wall.  Lines of radiation are drawn across wall from center of fire box.

            Rendered with colored pencil in blue, yellow, metallic gold, and metallic silver.  Scale.

            OVERSIZED – in Drawer 6

 

.2         Design for a Moderne extension dining table and side chair.

            Elevation and plan of the round, pedestal table decorated with a wheat pattern, dragon fly, butterfly, and flowers.  The upholstered side chair, with tapered legs decorated with flowers and wheat. 

            Rendered in metallic silver and gold decorations (presumably on light wood).  Scale.

            OVERSIZED – in Drawer 6

                        [NOTE: a drawing of the exact same table is also found in Col. 188, acc. 83x230.17, Emery Roth papers.  As neither drawing is signed, it is not known who designed this table, whether Ballora or Roth.  Little is known about Ballora, so there is no known connection between the men.  Both collections came from the same source and the drawings were mixed up prior to their donation to the Downs Collection.]

 

.3         Full scale construction drawings (side and front elevation and joinery) for chair #2.

            OVERSIZED – in Drawer 6

 

.4         Front elevation (with allusion to perspective) of a cabinet and wall light in the Art Deco "skyscraper" style of Paul Frankl.  Motifs include a stylized bird sculpture, geometric bandings, leafage, and flowers and wheat as in #2. 

            Rendered in pink, blue, and grey, and metallic silver.  Dimensioned.

            OVERSIZED – in Drawer 6

 

.5         Wall elevation of a formal room.  Rendered in colored pencil, it shows drapery treatment, wall paneling, radiators, chandelier, and two pictures.  Scale.  Client:  Mrs. H. Aitken, 125 E. 56th St, NYC.  Dated: 20 February l921.  Stamped:  Edmond Ballora / Décoration Artistique / 516 Fifth Avenue.

            OVERSIZED – in Drawer 6

 

.6         Elevation and perspective rendering in colored pencil of a fireplace wall  with a domed ceiling.  Neo-classical decoration on fireplace and large Raphael painting on chimney breast.  Title of Painting:  "Vidit Jacob in somnis scalam stantem syser terram, et cacumen illius tangens coelum-angelos ascendentes et descendentes: et Durum innixum scaloe."

            OVERSIZED – in Drawer 6

 

.7         Elevation rendering, in pencil and colored pencil, of wall in same room as #6.  Detailing

            includes glass French doors, flanking windows, semi-circular lunette over doors, and

            neoclassical rinceaux between doors and windows and on ceiling.

            OVERSIZED – in Drawer 6

 

.8a,b    Elevation of dining room East and West walls.  In Colonial revival style, it includes Doric pilasters, base moldings, cornice molding, three shell-carved open cupboards and one over- door decoration in wood; plaster walls.  Pencil.  Dimensioned.

            OVERSIZED – in Drawer 6

 

.9         Elevation of dining room South wall featuring double doors detailed with long, arched panels over square panels separated by a gadrooned molding.  Cross-section of flanking open cupboards.  Pencil.  Dimensioned.

            OVERSIZED – in Drawer 6

 

.l0        Floor plan of 23'7"xl7'3" dining room.  North wall is shown to be composed of two large bay windows.  Pencil.  Scale.

            OVERSIZED – in Drawer 6

 

.11       Detail of the iron mantelpiece for the library of Mr. P. H. Ruxton at 290 Park Avenue, NYC.  Gothic revival style with coat-of-arms of Mr. Ruxton.  Inscribed:  Edmond Ballora, Decorator, 5l6 Fifth Avenue, NY City.  Dated: ll October l922.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.12       Construction drawings (cross sections and molding profiles) for a platform in the grand salon of Mrs. P. H. Ruxton.  Titled:  Coupe Estrade Grand Salon.  Stamped:  Edmond Ballora / Décoration Artistique / 516 Fifth Avenue. Dated:  8/15/21.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

            OVERSIZED – in Drawer 6

 

.13       Elevation rendering of a carved acorn finial and plan of unknown construction onto which it is to be affixed.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.14       Side elevation of a large couch for the Kaye library; detail of carved legs and frame, Régence style.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.15       Front and side elevations for a child's bed at l" scale.  Front and side elevation of female doll-like figure at footboard.  Full scale.  Client may be Foy.  Blue print.

 

.15b     Front and side elevations of female doll-like figure at headboard for a child's bed.  Client may be Foy.  Blue print.  Full scale.

 

.16       Front elevation drawing of lacquered chinese cabinet on Louis XV style frame.  Detailed rendering of floral and leaf designs for the carved frame, to be executed by George Chaput, l6 January l9l9, for Edmond Ballora.  Client: Kaye.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.17       Elevation drawing of a hall ceiling light.  Labeled:  Louis XVI for client Kaye.  Neo-classical design sources.  Pencil.  Probably full scale.

            OVERSIZED – in Drawer 6

 

.18       Front elevation drawing for Chinese cabinet on frame.  Detailed rendering of designs for carving the frame in Louis XVI style.  Inscribed and stamped:  Edmond Ballora.  Labeled: Meyer October l922.  Pencil and colored pencil.

 

.19       Elevation of carving design for a sofa for grand salon by George Chaput.  Pencil.  Full scale.

 

.20       Side elevation of a bergčre chair in Régence style.  Detailed carving details.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.21       Elevation and plans of carving details for stiles, rails, chair apron, leg, and arm rest support, and bracket in the Renaissance idiom.  See no. .22.  Stamped:  Edmond Ballora / Décoration Artistique / 681 Fifth Avenue.  Pencil and colored Pencil.

 

.22       Carving details for cresting rail and apron of a sofa.  Labeled:  Ruxton Renaissance sofa.  Stamped:  Edmond Ballora, Décoration Artistique / 681 Fifth Avenue.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.23       Front elevation of a "Renaissance" armchair and partial elevation of a sofa.  See nos. .2l and .22.  Stamped:  Edmond Ballora / Décoration Artistique / 681 Fifth Avenue.  Pencil and colored pencil.  l/3 full scale.

 

.24       Plan of leg positions for sofa .23.  Stamped:  Edmond Ballora, Décoration Artistique / 68l Fifth Avenue.  l/3 full scale.

 

.25       Details for carving of sofa and chair cresting rail, finials, and a stretcher.  Acanthus leaf and grape motifs.  Labeled:  R B King.  Pencil.

 

.26       Detail for carving motif: leaf and imbrications.  Pencil.

 

.27       Design for a bracket, probably in metal.  Leaf, cusping, and trefoil motifs.  Pencil and colored pencil.

 

.28       Side and front elevations of a "Louis XIII" armchair; detailed carving designs.  Perspective sketch and plan for a bench.  Labeled:  Nichols Louis XIII arm chair.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

             

.29       Plans, elevations, and cross section for brackets and beams in the rear hall and "Cobweb" in Casino.  Labeled:  Nichols - W. Or [West Orange?]./ Casino Hall brackets and Beams.  F.S.D.  [initials of writer?]  Pen and ink and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.30       Front and side elevations for an armchair.  Linen fold, acorn, oak leaf, and geometric motifs.  Details for carving, molding profiles, and construction.  Labeled:  Nichols / Dining room armchair.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.31       Front elevation of a sofa in a "Renaissance" idiom. Carving details include molding profiles, cusped brackets, roundels, spiral twist stiles and posts, chamfered legs, acanthus leaf, cresting rail coat-of-arms with lion crest and the motto "Dum Spiro Spero" in the shield.  Finials for the back stiles are noted to be figurines from Violet le Duc, vol. 8, p. 7l (not illustrated). Inscribed:  Madame Nichols / 280 Park Avenue / Grand Canapé du Salon/ Face.  Labeled:  Nichols Renaissance sofa.  Pencil.  Full scale.

 

.32       Front elevation of a chair in the "Renaissance" idiom.  Notation that

            it is to be made of oak with embroidered upholstery and directions for construction shown on the chair back.  Molding profiles.  Plan of seat frame.  Inscribed:  Mme Nichols salon.  Labeled:  Nichols Renaissance side chair.  Pencil.  Full scale.

 

.33       Composite front and side elevation of a side chair in "Renaissance" idiom.  Carving details include spiral twist legs, molding profiles, decorative upholstery nails.  Plan of seat frame.  Labeled:  Nichols Dining room sidechair.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.34       Construction details for beams and brackets in game room of Casino. Labeled:  Nichols W. Or / Game room brackets and beams / F.S.D. Pencil.  Full scale.

 

.35       Plan, elevation, and cross section of iron grilles on windows in the doors of Casino entrance hall.  Labeled:  Nichols - W Or / Casino door grille/ F.S.D.  Pencil, colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.36       Elevation and cross section details for doors and brackets in rear hall of casino.  Inscribed:  Doors to Dressing room.  Labeled:  Nichols- W Or/ Cobweb-Doors. Brackets and Beams.  F.S.D.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.37       Cross section.  Detail drawings for typical radiator enclosure in Casino game room.  Labeled:  Nichols - W Or/ Game room radiator enclosure.  F.S.D.  Pencil.  Full scale.

 

.38       Front and side elevation for a stone and wood mantelpiece in the entrance hall of the Nichols's casino.  Composed with wooden cornice and architrave, and stone pilasters in the form of female hermae flanking the fireplace opening.  Labeled:  Nichols - W. O./ Casino Hall Mantel.  F.S.D.  Pencil.  Full scale.

 

.39       Front and side elevations of Renaissance style armchairs for Mme Nichols’s Grand Salon at 280 Park Avenue.  Details for carved wood frames. Motifs include cusped brackets, pierced roundels, acanthus leaf in lozenge and rectangular frames, moorish arches, acanthus capitals on spiral twist columnar back stiles and arm supports, shell and acanthus cresting rail, nail heads on velour upholstery. Inscribed: Edmond Ballora/ Dcorateur / 68l Fifth Avenue, New York City/ 24 October l923.  Labeled:  Nichols Renaissance armchair.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.40       Construction details for beams and brackets in entrance hall in casino.  Labeled:  Nichols--W. Or / Casino Hall Brackets and Beams.  F.S.D.  Pencil.  Full scale.

 

.41       Detail for stair railing in entrance hall of casino.  Chamfered posts and shields in medieval idiom.  Labeled:  Nichols - W. Or / Casino Hall Stairs.  F.S.D.  Pencil.  Full scale.

 

.42       Front and side elevation for a Louis XIII style armchair.  Designs for carved details.  Labeled:  Nichols Louis XIII Arm Chair.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.43       Construction details for stair railing in entrance hall of Casino.  Labeled:  Nichols - W. Or / Casino Hall Stairs.  F.S.D.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.44       Front elevation of sofa for Mrs. Nichols's grand salon.  See no. .39 for carving motifs used.  Labeled:  Nichols Renaissance Sofa.  Pencil.  Full scale.

 

.45       Side elevation of sofa for Mrs. Nichols's grand salon, 280 Park Avenue.  See no. .39 for carving motifs used.  Also included in sofa is linen fold carving on side elevation rear stile.

 

.46       Construction details for counter in Cobweb of Casino.  Labeled:  Nichols-W. Or / Cobweb Bar Counter.  F.S.D.  Pencil and colored pencil.  F.S.D.

 

.47       Elevation and construction details for a bookcase in "Renaissance" idiom.  Labeled:  R[uxton?] L-Rm bookcase.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.48       Partial elevation with carving details for a bench.  Plan of leg.  Sketch of entire side elevation.  Plan of leg and stretcher construction.  Labeled:  Chrysler Renaissance bench.  Pencil and colored Pencil indicating fabric and nailing pattern.  Dimensioned.

 

.49       Front elevation, molding profiles, and construction details for a carved wood chiffonnier in "Renaissance" style for Mrs. Walter P. Chrysler's guest room at Great Neck Estates, Long Island.  Carved motifs include several types of acanthus, linen-fold, guilloche, and rosettes.  Inscribed with item name, client, location; Edmond Ballora, Décorateur, 681 Fifth Avenue NYC.  4 May l923.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Dimensioned.

 

.50       Library furnishings floor plan for Mrs. W. P. Chrysler Estate, Great Neck, Long Island.  Inscribed:  Edmond Ballora, Décorateur / 681 Fifth Avenue, New York City / l6 April 1923.  Pencil.  Scale.

 

.51       Library floor plan for Mrs. Charles H. Sabin apartment.  Pencil.  Scale.

 

.52       East elevation for foyer of Mrs. W. P. Chrysler Estate, Great Neck, Long Island.  Two pairs of glazed and paneled double (French) doors with over-door paintings are divided by a mirror over panels.  Pencil.  Scale.

 

.53       West elevation for foyer of Mrs. W. P. Chrysler estate, Great Neck, Long Island.  Open display cabinet with shelves over closed paneled cabinets.  Moldings in neo-classical spirit.  Pencil.  Scale.

 

.54       South elevation of foyer for Mrs. W. P. Chrysler Estate, Great Neck, Long Island.  Glazed double doors with over-door painting flanked at each side with three wall paneling motifs in neo-classical spirit.  Pencil.  Scale.

 

.55       North elevation of foyer for Mrs. W. P. Chrysler Estate.  Great Neck, Long Island.  Glazed double doors with over-door painting flanked on one side with three and on the other with two wall paneling motifs in neo-classical spirit.  Pencil.  Scale. 

  

.56       Floor plan of foyer for Mrs. W. P. Chrysler Estate, Great Neck, Long Island.  Pencil.  Scale.

 

.57       Design for the termination of large beam in the Grand Salon of Mrs. P. H. Ruxton.  Inscribed:  Edmond Ballora, Décorateur / 68l Fifth Avenue / l8 June l923.  Pencil.

 

.58       Elevation and cross section of wainscoting for P. H. Ruxton living room.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale construction drawings.

 

.59       Elevations of four walls in half-timbered Tudor style.  Drapery treatment rendered at windows; Gothic-arched grills at doors.

 

.60       Molding detail for a frame in the Baroque idiom.  Pencil, colored pencil, and simulated gilding.  Probably full scale.

            OVERSIZED – in Drawer 6

 

.61       Elevation of a Renaissance-style bookcase with books.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.62       Elevation of a Régence style library sofa showing carving details for frame.  Colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.63       Wall elevation of a domed room.  Walls rendered with Renaissance Revival style motifs [ see .6 and .7 for parts of same room?].  Pencil and colored pencil.

 

.64a     North and South elevations of an unidentified hall [plan is .66].  Wall paneling in neo-classical idiom [similar to Chrysler job, see .52 and .55].  Pencil.  Scale.

 

 .64b    East and west elevations of hall showing secret door in paneling and a mirrored door and over-door painting.  Pencil.  Scale.

 

.65       Floor plan of small passage to bed rooms from foyer.  Elevation indicated to be same as .64a and b.  Pencil.  Scale.

 

.66       Floor plan of entrance hall [en suite with .65 and 64a and b].  Pencil.  Scale.

 

.67       Detail for painted motif on lower part of joist in the Grand Salon of Mrs. P. H. Ruxton.  Motifs:  Fleur-de-lis and rosette design.  Inscribed:  Edmond Ballora, Décorateur, 68l Fifth Avenue, NYC.  Pencil.  Full Scale.

 

.68       Design for painting beam No. 1 in center of ceiling in Grand Salon of Mrs. Ruxton.  Renaissance style motifs with coat-of-arms of Mrs. Ruxton in center.  Pencil.  Full scale.

 

.69       Design for painting beam, probably in Grand Salon of Mrs. Ruxton.  Motifs:  Strapwork enclosing stylized leafage.  Pencil.  Full scale.

 

.70       Design for painting intermediary beams on ceiling in grand salon of Mrs. Ruxton.  Motifs:  include a 6-pointed star within a crescent within a lozenge-shaped frame ornamented with acanthus leaves.  Inscribed:  Edmond Ballora, Décorateur, 68l Fifth Avenue, NYC / l8 June l923.

 

.71       Two designs for polychrome painted ornament on ends of ceiling beams of Mrs. Ruxton's Grand Salon at 280 Park Avenue, NYC.  Motifs: (l) stylized rosettes and leafage within strapwork border; (2) urn with fruit and stylized leafage within strapwork border.  Inscribed:  Edmond Ballora, Décorateur / 68l Fifth Avenue / 14 June 1923.  Pencil.  Full scale.

 

.72       Elevation of a carved and paneled cabinet in Renaissance style.  Molding profiles and construction details.  [Ruxton job?].  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.73       Elevation, cross sections, molding profiles, and carving details for a bookcase in the Renaissance style for Mrs. Ruxton, Park Avenue, NYC.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.74       Designs for the painted decorations between the beams of the ceiling in Mrs. P. H. Ruxton's Grand Salon at 280 Park Avenue, NYC.  Motifs:  dragon in cartouche with strapwork and leaves.  Inscribed:  Edmond Ballora, Décorateur / 681 Fifth Avenue / l8 June 1923.  Pencil.  Full scale.

 

.75       Design for painted decoration of Mrs. P. H. Ruxton's Grand Salon ceiling at 280 Park Avenue, NYC.  Motif:  stylized leafage within border, ogival curves, in Renaissance idiom.  Pencil.  Full scale.

 

.76       Design for painted decoration of Mrs. P. H. Ruxton's Grand Salon ceiling at 280 Park Avenue, NYC.  Motif:  stylized leafage, borders, ogival curves in Renaissance idiom.  Pencil.  Full scale.

 

.77       Design for painted decoration of Mrs. P. H. Ruxton's  Grand Salon ceiling at 280 Park Avenue, NYC.  Motif:  stylized leafage within borders, ogival curves in Renaissance idiom.  Pencil.  Full scale.

 

.78       Design for polychrome decoration at the center of the beams in Mrs. P.H. Ruxtons Grand Salon ceiling at 280 Park Avenue, NYC.  Motif:  at center is classical female face within circular border, flanked by urns with fruit and stylized leafage all within straight and curvilinear border in Renaissance idiom.  Inscribed:  Edmond Ballora, Décorateur / 681 Fifth Avenue / 15 June 1923.  Pencil.  Full scale.  

 

.79       Composite rendering of a Renaissance X-type armchair for Mrs. Chrysler.  Half of front elevation, rendered with carving and construction details, back rest and seat cushions, and fringe.  Curved front legs and arm supports.  Side elevation of back leg and stile and arm rendered with carving and construction details.  Labeled:  Chrysler Renaissance X-armchair.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.80       Front elevation rendering of twin beds in Renaissance idiom for Mrs. W. P. Chrysler.  Great Neck Estates.  Carving and construction details, molding profiles.  Inscribed:  E. S. Ballora, Décorateur / 681 Fifth Avenue, NYC / ll April l923.

 

.81       Partial front elevation for a dining room table in the Renaissance idiom.  Carving motifs detailed.  Labeled:  Nichols Dining room Table.  Pencil.  Full Scale.

 

.82       Plan and elevation of small round table in Renaissance idiom.  Carving and construction details rendered.  Labeled:  Chrysler - Renaissance Small Table.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.83       Front and side elevations of an iron chandelier for the music room of Mrs. W. P. Chrysler.  Medieval idiom.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.84       Elevation, sections, molding profiles, and carving details for a large Gothic style table.  Labeled:  Chrysler Large Gothic Table.  Pencil, colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.85       Plan, molding profile, and carving details for a small table base.  Labeled:  Chrysler Base for Small Table.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.86       Plan, front elevation, carving and turning details, molding profiles, and sections for a small table in the Renaissance style.  Motifs include:  linen fold, rosettes, leaf and vine.  Labeled: Chrysler  Renaissance Small Table.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.87       Composite front and side elevation of a Renaissance style X-chair.  Carving details for rosettes and leaf forms, cushion fabric, fringe, molding profiles.  Labeled:  Chrysler Renaissance X-armchair.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.88       Composite front and side elevations, sections, molding profiles, and carving details for the foot of a Renaissance-style twin bed.  Alternative carving details:  (l) linen fold  (2) floral wreath, acanthus, and ribbons.  Inscribed:  Mme W. P. Chrysler / Great Neck Estates, L.I. / 11 April 1923 / Edmond Ballora, Décorateur / 681 Fifth Avenue, NYC.  Pencil Full scale.

 

.89       Plan, sections, and carving details for the top of a small table.  Labeled:  Chrysler Top for Small Table.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.90       Front and side elevations of a wall lighting fixture made of iron in the Gothic style for the music room of Mrs. W. P. Chrysler.  Inscribed: as above and signed:  Edmond Ballora, Décorateur / 681 Fifth Avenue, NYC.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

            OVERSIZED – in Drawer 6

 

.91       Side elevation, molding profiles, and carving details for a wood chiffonnier in Renaissance style for Mrs. Walter P. Chrysler's guest room at Great Neck Estates, L.I.  Inscribed:  Edmond Ballora, Décorateur / 681 Fifth / 4 May 1923.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.92       Armchair in Renaissance style for Mrs. W. P. Chrysler.  Wood covered with velvet, gimp and fringe in gold and red.  Front and side elevation, plan, section.  Labeled:  Chrysler, l7th Century Armchair.  Pencil and colored pencil.  1/5 full scale.

 

.93       Small Renaissance style table for Mrs. W. P. Chrysler.  Front and side elevation, carving details, molding profiles.  Legs topped with female heads.  Also acanthus, scrolls, stylized leaf forms in arches.  Labeled:  Chrysler Renaissance Small Table.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.94       Elevation of the hall decoration in the Nichol's casino.  Doors, windows, stair railing, chamfered posts and braces in the Tudor idiom, and fireplace flanked by decorations with female heads (see .38 for full scale detail of stone mantelpiece).  Inscribed:  Edmond Ballora, Décorateur / 681 Fifth Avenue, NY.  Labeled:  Nichols Casino, WO WD.  Pencil.  1/2 inch scale.

 

.95       Floor plan of an unidentified bedroom showing antique woodwork.  Pencil and colored pencil.  l/2 inch scale.

 

.96       Perspective sketch of an unidentified library card room.  Stamped:  Bronte and Hannah / 156 East 52nd Street / El 5-2960 NY 22, NY.

 

.97       Front and side elevations of a forged iron wall lighting fixture in the Gothic idiom for the music room for the estate of [Mrs.] W. P. Chrysler, Great Neck, Long Island.  Shown in its architectural setting, above a 15th century painting of a Madonna and Child.  Inscribed:  Edmond Ballora, Décorateur / 681 Fifth Avenue, NYC. / 11 Mai 1923.  Pencil and colored pencil.   

            OVERSIZED – in drawer 6

 

.98       Elevation of a window treatment.  Plan (perhaps of valence construction).  Pencil and colored pencil. 

 

.99       Elevation of window and wall treatment in Asian style.  Pencil.  3/4 inch scale.

 

.l00      Front elevation of a Cromwellian style turned leather chair.  Pencil. 

 

,101     Front elevation of a Cromwellian style turned leather chair.  Pencil.

 

.102     Front elevation of a Gothic style, carved and upholstered chair.  Pencil and colored pencil.

 

.103     Perspective rendering of a Louis XVI style bureau plat (flat top desk).  Ink and colored pencil.

 

.104     Perspective rendering of a Charles II style couch.  Pencil and colored pencil.

 

.105     Front and side elevations of a Renaissance style settee.  Elaborate fabric designs of urns and leafage.  Pencil and colored pencil.  1 inch scale.

 

.106     Perspective rendering of an Italian X-chair (Dante) with cushions and fringe and tassels.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Inscribed:  Desk arm-chair.

 

.107     Upholstered "Cromwellian" chair for living room.  Columnar legs.  Fringed seat and back upholstery.  Pencil.  Inscribed:  Salon chair sketch.

 

.108     Charles II style upholstered armchair.  Spiral turnings, scroll arms.  Fringed seat and back.  Pencil.  Inscribed:  Grand salon armchair sketch.

 

.109     Front and side elevations of a bench in the Kaye vestibule.  Renaissance style carvings; cushions.  Stone walls.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Scale.

 

.110     Front and side elevations of a settee in Renaissance idiom.  Cushions, fringe, back cresting rail with lion rampant above a shield.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Scale.

 

.111     Side elevation of a sofa in Renaissance idiom with vine and leaf carving, chamfers, imbrications.  Cushions.  Stamped:  Edmond Ballora / Décoration Artistique / 681 Fifth Avenue.  Pencil and colored pencil.

 

.112     Four wall and furniture elevations for the Tudor style bedroom of Mrs. P. H. Ruxton, 290 Park Avenue, NYC.  Half timbering, Elizabethan style bed, William and Mary style dressing table with looking glass, baroque design on upholstered settee, simple drapery treatment with coats-of-arms in window glass.  Pencil.  Stamped:  Edmond Ballora, Décoration Artistique / 516 Fifth Avenue.

 

.113     Sketch for the wooden ceiling in the stone gallery of Mrs. Ruxton, 290 Park Avenue.  Grid pattern with centric rosettes in Renaissance idiom.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Stamped:  Edmond Ballora / Décoration Artistique / 516 Fifth Avenue.

 

.114     Elevation of wall with domed ceiling.  Designs of rinceaux and arabesques in neo-classical idiom.  (See .6 and .7 for other views).  Numerical coding of designs, probably to detailed drawings or a floor plan.  Pencil and colored pencil.

 

.115     Plan of domed ceiling showing designs of rinceaux and arabesques in neo-classical idiom.  (See .114 and .6 and .7 for other views).  Numerical coding of designs, probably to detailed drawings or a floor plan. Pencil and colored pencil.

 

.116  Wall elevation for a library in the neo-classical idiom--hollow-corner, rectilinear, paneling and trophy designs.  Cross section of abutting wall.  (.116 -- .119 are similarly rendered as .8 --.10).  Pencil.  3/4 inch scale.  Measured drawing.

 

.117     South wall elevation for a library in the late l8th century style with rectilinear panels and curvilinear fireplace surround.  Cross section of abutting walls.  Pencil.  3/4 inch scale.  Measured drawing.

 

.118     Wall elevation of library showing neo-classical paneling, trophy design, and bookcases.  Pencil.  3/4 inch scale.  Measured drawing.

 

.119     Same as .118.

 

.120     Four wall elevations for Tudor style bedroom of Mrs. P. H. Ruxton's 290 Park Avenue apartment.  Details include Tudor arched doors and carving at doors and windows.  Inscribed:  Edmond Ballora / Decorator / 516 Fifth Avenue.  Pencil and colored pencil.  3/4 inch scale.  Measured drawings.

            OVERSIZED – in Drawer 6

 

.121     Elevation and plan of bed canopy in Louis XV style for Mrs. P. H. Ruxton, 280 Park Avenue.  Inscribed:  Edmond Ballora / Decorator / 681 Fifth Avenue / 22 April 1923.

 

.122     Front and side elevations of a stone pendentive in Italian Renaissance style for the grand salon of Mrs. P. H. Ruxton, Park Avenue.  Carving details and molding profiles.  Pencil and colored pencil.  Full scale.

 

.123     Plan and partial front and side elevations for an early French Renaissance style 3-light lighting fixture in metal for Mrs. P. H. Ruxton's 290 Park Avenue living room.  Inscribed:  Edmond Ballora / 516 Fifth Avenue.  Labeled:  Living room ceiling light.  Pencil.  Full scale.

            OVERSIZED – in Drawer 6

 

.124     Side elevation of an armchair in the Renaissance idiom for Mrs. P. H. Ruxton.  Carving details include grape and vine, chamfers, and imbrications.  Stamped:  Edmond Ballora / Décoration Artistique / 681 Fifth Avenue.  Labeled:  Ruxton Renaissance armchair.  Pencil and colored pencil.  l/3 full scale.

 

.125     Plan for leg location of chair in no. .124.  Stamped:  Edmond Ballora, Décoration Artistique / 681 Fifth Avenue.  Ink, Pencil, and colored pencil.  l/3 full scale.