Ballroom Gallery

Queen Victorias Plantagenet Costume Ball at Buckingham Palace, May 7, 1842..., (1901)

Queen Victoria's Plantagenet Costume Ball at Buckingham Palace, May 7, 1842: Her Majesty as Queen Philippa; The Prince Consort as Edward III, (1901). Fancy dress party, with costumes from the Plantagenet period (c1154-1485), held by Victoria (1819-1901) at Buckingham Palace in London. Victoria is dressed as Philippa of Hainault (1314-1369), and her husband Prince Albert (1818-1861) wears the costume of King Edward III 1312-1377). From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]

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The Ballroom, Devonshire House, London, 1894. Creator: Unknown

The Ballroom, Devonshire House, Berkeley Street, London, 1894. Palladian town house refurbished c1740, to designs by William Kent. It was the London residence of the Dukes of Devonshire, and was the setting for a brilliant social and political life, with lavish balls thrown by William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Lady Georgiana Spencer. From Beautiful Britain; views of our stately homes. [The Werner Company of Chicago, 1894]

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Detail of ballroom, Los Angeles-Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, 1923

Detail of ballroom, Los Angeles-Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, 1923. Designed by Schultze and Weaver, the hotel opened in 1923. At the time of its opening it was the largest hotel in the United States west of Chicago. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXIX. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1923]

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