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Overview Collection Information. Size: 2 Items, (on partial microfilm reel). Summary: Letter to "Steve" discussing his collaboration with Paul Phillipe Cret in designing the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., and enclosing a copy of the book, THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY, privately published in 1933 by Mr. Folger for the trustees of Amherst College.
Folger contracted Trowbridge in 1928, but Trowbridge preferred to consult, rather than be the primary architect, and so recommended French émigré Paul Phillippe Cret. Trowbridge and Cret shared a similar vision for the design of the Library—a neoclassical building that stripped the facade of any decorative elements. Though the Folgers had ...
- 1932
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Private Research library
- Early modern Europe, Shakespeare
Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945, client Trowbridge, Alexander Buell, 1868-1950, consulting architect Created / Published ...
Cret was already a prominent architect when the Folgers decided to hire him. In making this choice, they followed the recommendation of their consulting architect, Alexander Trowbridge, who, like Cret, had trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. From 1928 to 1931 the Folgers were in constant communication with Cret and Trowbridge.
(Paul P. Cret (Architect), Alexander B. Trowbridge (Consulting Architect), 11/4/1929) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-PS-226-047 [Folger Shakespeare Library] Interior Details of Lecture Room (Paul P. Cret (Architect), Alexander B. Trowbridge (Consulting Architect), 11/4/1929) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
Collection: Paul Philippe Cret Collection Institution: Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania [062.335-062.338] 26 drawings; 2 prints; 1 photograph; 3 clippings . With Alexander B. Trowbridge, consulting architect. Quantity: 32 items Local Call: 062.335-062.338 RLIN: PAUP01-A12 Item dates: 1928-1931
Paul Philippe Cret Collection (062), Architect, 1876-1945. Paul Cret was the Professor of Design of the School of Fine Arts of the University of Pennsylvania from 1903-1937. He was the dominant force in American architectural education and had a profound impact on an entire generation of architects. Cret had an important national practice and ...
