Photograph
Black Point Dining Room
| A view of the southeast corner of the dining room in the main house at Black Point, showing a china cabinet and tea table. The cabinet holds pieces of Catherine Seipp's china. A carved wood sculpture of a cavalier stands on top of the cabinet and a still life painting hangs on the wall. The ornate tea table with attached hanging kettle and warming lamp is on the left. According to information on the reverse of the photograph, the table was "from World's Fair 1893." There are decorative leaves and vines painted or stenciled on the walls. |
| Image ID: | 115213 |
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| Creation Date: | 09 1954 |
| Creator Name: | V & A Hackett |
| City: | Lake Geneva |
| County: | Walworth |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Black Point Estate and Seipp Family Papers |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | Black Point Estate.22.39 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8 x 10 inches |
| Catherine Orb Seipp was the second wife of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp and was married to him when he built his summer home at Black Point in 1888. She continued to spend summers at Black Point until her death in 1920. The china in the cabinet is identified as Pirkenhammer, and was purchased by Catherine in Karlsbad, Bohemia, now Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. |
| Sculpture |
| Tableware |
| Carpets |
| Dining rooms |
| Furniture |
| Implements, utensils, etc. |
| Interior architecture |
| Interior decoration |
| Mansions |
| Vacation homes |
| Indoor photography |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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