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French Nationality Room
January 23, 1943
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Title
French Nationality Room
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
January 23, 1943
Identifier
FRCR01.UA
Description
The French Room is designed in the French empire period of the 19th century. The influence of the Napoleonic campaigns in Italy, Greece, and Egypt can be seen in the lay out of the room. This room fits the location in the building because it looks at the Heinz Chapel which was designed in French Gothic style and inspired by La Petite Sainte Chappelle in Paris. The Professors' table in the center is decorated with replicas of bronze pieces that can be found in the Louvre Museum. The French Room was dedicated January 23, 1943. This room, along with twenty-five other Nationality Rooms all with different architectural styles, was conceived in the 1920s by Sociologist Ruth Crawford Mitchell as a means of linking the University of Pittsburgh with the immigrant culture of the steel working families.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Rooms
Classrooms
Chairs
Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.). French Room
Geographic Subjects
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
Collection
Pitt Photographs
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
Pitt Nationality Rooms
Pitt Campus Life
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Rights Information
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