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Taliesin-Designed Panels at Plaut Home
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Multi-colored panels with a circular motif, designed by the Taliesin Fellowship, at the home of Dr. Walter Plaut, a University of Wisconsin-Madison zoology professor, 302 Shepard Terrace. The circular motifs above the veranda are purely decorative, but those under the roof serve as a truss support.
June 7, 1970
Potter, James T.
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