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Design drawings for a dining room rug, 1968
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, designer
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1570
Extent: 5 items : graphite ; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm.
Summary: Includes working drawings showing rug as plans and details.
Plan of dining room rug
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1570, no. 1 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
1/4 center plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1570, no. 2 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Border and fringe
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1570, no. 3 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Plan of fish and lobster
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1570, no. 4 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Plan of pheasant and ham
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1570, no. 5 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Design drawing for a table, 1971
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, designer
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1571
Extent: 1 item : graphite and colored pencil ; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm.
Note: Drawings for china cabinet brackets were found interfiled and processed as ADE - UNIT 1572.
Summary: Working drawing showing table as plans, elevations, and details.
Table elevation, section, plan, detail
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1571, no. 1 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
Design drawing for consoles ("brackets for a china cabinet"), 1971
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, designer
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1572
Extent: 1 item : graphite ; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm.
Note: Drayer's drawing for a table was found interfiled and processed as ADE - UNIT 1571.
Summary: Working drawing showing brackets as elevations, sections, and details.
F.S. details
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1572, no. 1 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawings for row houses ("6 houses") for the Gwynn Estate, 3015-3025 Orchard Lane, N.W. (lots 244 and 245, square 1269), Washington, D.C., 1956
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1573
Extent: 4 items : graphite ; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm.
Note: Lot 244 and Lot 245, square 1269.
Note: Commission no. RA 56-GWYNN.
Summary: Includes preliminary and working drawings showing site and row houses as site plans, plans, elevations, sections, details, and diagrams; structural, electrical systems, and mechanical systems drawings.
Plot plan/house & wall section/garden wall
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1573, no. 1 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
1st and 2nd wall/plumbing diagram
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1573, no. 2 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Front, left & right elevations/cornice
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1573, no. 3 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Rear and east elevations/section
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1573, no. 4 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawings of milling machinery ("old mill"), 1931-1973
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1574
Extent: 4 items : graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Note: Building name from envelope in which drawings were found.
Note: Date based on span of years that Drayer was active as an architect.
Note: Architect's name not on drawings; attribution based on provenance.
Summary: Sketches showing milling machinery as perspective projections; renderings.
Interior perspective
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1574, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on paper
Note: Random, faint lines on verso
Interior perspective
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1574, no. 2 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on paper
Note: Sketch of monkey & bird on verso
Sketch perspective of machinery
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1574, no. 3 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on paper
Perspective - view through window
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1574, no. 4 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on paper
Note: Sketch on verso
Design drawings for artillery ("Idea for setting time fuse on projectile inside gun"), 1944
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, designer
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1575
Extent: 2 items : graphite, ink, and diazo print ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Summary: Includes preliminary drawings showing artillery as plans, sections, details, and diagrams.
Section - gun & project/electrical diagram
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1575, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/graphite on tracing paper
Section - gun & project/electrical diagram
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1575, no. 2 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : diazo print on paper
Design drawing for a chest of drawers, 1947
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, designer
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1576
Extent: 1 item : graphite ; in folder(s) 56 x 71 cm.
Summary: Working drawing showing chest of drawers as elevations, sections, and details.
Front & side elevation/top & side section
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1576, no. 1 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Design drawing for a hobby horse, 1931-1973
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, designer
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1577
Extent: 1 item : graphite ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm.
Note: Date based on span of years that Drayer was active as an architect.
Note: Drawing not signed; attribution based on provenance.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing hobby horse as elevations.
Rocking horse - side & end elevation
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1577, no. 1 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Design drawing for office equipment ("postal scale, register, and stamp machine"), 1942
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, designer
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1578
Extent: 1 item : graphite ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm.
Note: Drawing indicates Donald H. Drayer is the inventor.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing scale, cash register, and stamp machine as details, perspective projections, and diagrams.
Perspective, elevations & details
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1578, no. 1 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawings for an apartment house ("Garfield Apartments") for Herman Schmidt and Garfield Housing Corporation, 23rd Street and Hartford Street, S.E., Washington, D.C., 1948-1950
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect
Related Names: Schmidt, Herman, client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1579
Extent: 8 items : graphite, ink, and diazo print ; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm. or smaller
Note: Commission no. CA 55-COR.
Note: Drawings for other apartment houses were found interfiled and processed as ADE - UNIT 1580, ADE - UNIT 1581, and ADE - UNIT 1582.
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