The Dumbarton Oaks Research and Study Center in Washington, D.C.,
administered by Harvard University, is a famed museum and study
center specializing in pre-Columbian art, Byzantine studies, and
garden history and design. Long known for its museum pavilion,
designed by the noted architect Philip Johnson, Dumbarton Oaks sits
within one of the most spectacular gardens in America. The founders
of Dumbarton Oaks, Mildred and Robert W. Bliss, were important
American philanthropists; the garden was developed between 1920 and
1965 by Mildred Bliss. She worked with several designers, the most
significant of whom was the American landscape designer Beatrix
Farrand. The romantic but disciplined design, a series of small
individual terraces and winding walkways, reflects the character of
Mildred Bliss: her place in society, her travels, and her spiritual
ideals. Cool formality, joyful opulence, and feelings of intimacy,
reticence, and artlessness are all present in the garden. Private,
public, and utilitarian areas coexist within the integrated whole.
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