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Southeast corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club card room, showing Jules Bouy-designed fireplace, library shelving, furniture, lamp, and polychrome wall treatment. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
Northeast corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club dining room, showing the Jules Bouy-designed wall treatment, with trumpet-shaped reflectors in radius corners, a decorative wall element with a tapestry framed in bronze; and tables and chairs with handle holes and an under-seat purse rack. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932)
Northwest corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club card room, showing Jules Bouy-designed library shelving, card table and chairs, draperies and decorative window panels, and console. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
South end of the Cosmopolitan Club salon, showing Jules Bouy-designed raised dias, fireplace, vitrines, and Steinway piano framed in nested flat arches with radius corners, and furniture and polychrome carpeting. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
Steinway piano commissioned for the Cosmopolitan Club, showing characteristic Jules Bouy-designed triple-curve pattern and scallop decoration. Photograph from Music Trade Review, June 1931.
Southeast corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club card room, showing Jules Bouy-designed fireplace, library shelving, furniture, lamp, and polychrome wall treatment. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
Northeast corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club dining room, showing the Jules Bouy-designed wall treatment, with trumpet-shaped reflectors in radius corners, a decorative wall element with a tapestry framed in bronze; and tables and chairs with handle holes and an under-seat purse rack. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932)
Northwest corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club card room, showing Jules Bouy-designed library shelving, card table and chairs, draperies and decorative window panels, and console. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
South end of the Cosmopolitan Club salon, showing Jules Bouy-designed raised dias, fireplace, vitrines, and Steinway piano framed in nested flat arches with radius corners, and furniture and polychrome carpeting. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
Steinway piano commissioned for the Cosmopolitan Club, showing characteristic Jules Bouy-designed triple-curve pattern and scallop decoration. Photograph from Music Trade Review, June 1931.
Southeast corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club card room, showing Jules Bouy-designed fireplace, library shelving, furniture, lamp, and polychrome wall treatment. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
Northeast corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club dining room, showing the Jules Bouy-designed wall treatment, with trumpet-shaped reflectors in radius corners, a decorative wall element with a tapestry framed in bronze; and tables and chairs with handle holes and an under-seat purse rack. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932)
Northwest corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club card room, showing Jules Bouy-designed library shelving, card table and chairs, draperies and decorative window panels, and console. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
South end of the Cosmopolitan Club salon, showing Jules Bouy-designed raised dias, fireplace, vitrines, and Steinway piano framed in nested flat arches with radius corners, and furniture and polychrome carpeting. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
Steinway piano commissioned for the Cosmopolitan Club, showing characteristic Jules Bouy-designed triple-curve pattern and scallop decoration. Photograph from Music Trade Review, June 1931.
Southeast corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club card room, showing Jules Bouy-designed fireplace, library shelving, furniture, lamp, and polychrome wall treatment. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
Northeast corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club dining room, showing the Jules Bouy-designed wall treatment, with trumpet-shaped reflectors in radius corners, a decorative wall element with a tapestry framed in bronze; and tables and chairs with handle holes and an under-seat purse rack. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932)
Northwest corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club card room, showing Jules Bouy-designed library shelving, card table and chairs, draperies and decorative window panels, and console. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
South end of the Cosmopolitan Club salon, showing Jules Bouy-designed raised dias, fireplace, vitrines, and Steinway piano framed in nested flat arches with radius corners, and furniture and polychrome carpeting. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
Steinway piano commissioned for the Cosmopolitan Club, showing characteristic Jules Bouy-designed triple-curve pattern and scallop decoration. Photograph from Music Trade Review, June 1931.
Southeast corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club card room, showing Jules Bouy-designed fireplace, library shelving, furniture, lamp, and polychrome wall treatment. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
Northeast corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club dining room, showing the Jules Bouy-designed wall treatment, with trumpet-shaped reflectors in radius corners, a decorative wall element with a tapestry framed in bronze; and tables and chairs with handle holes and an under-seat purse rack. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932)
Northwest corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club card room, showing Jules Bouy-designed library shelving, card table and chairs, draperies and decorative window panels, and console. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
South end of the Cosmopolitan Club salon, showing Jules Bouy-designed raised dias, fireplace, vitrines, and Steinway piano framed in nested flat arches with radius corners, and furniture and polychrome carpeting. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
Steinway piano commissioned for the Cosmopolitan Club, showing characteristic Jules Bouy-designed triple-curve pattern and scallop decoration. Photograph from Music Trade Review, June 1931.
Southeast corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club card room, showing Jules Bouy-designed fireplace, library shelving, furniture, lamp, and polychrome wall treatment. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
Northeast corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club dining room, showing the Jules Bouy-designed wall treatment, with trumpet-shaped reflectors in radius corners, a decorative wall element with a tapestry framed in bronze; and tables and chairs with handle holes and an under-seat purse rack. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932)
Northwest corner view of the Cosmopolitan Club card room, showing Jules Bouy-designed library shelving, card table and chairs, draperies and decorative window panels, and console. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
South end of the Cosmopolitan Club salon, showing Jules Bouy-designed raised dias, fireplace, vitrines, and Steinway piano framed in nested flat arches with radius corners, and furniture and polychrome carpeting. Photo by George William Harting, "Modern Decoration of Merit in Philadelphia's Cosmopolitan Club," The Spur, no. 6 (1932).
Steinway piano commissioned for the Cosmopolitan Club, showing characteristic Jules Bouy-designed triple-curve pattern and scallop decoration. Photograph from Music Trade Review, June 1931.
Rare early photographs of the 1616 Latimer Street building interior as
it looked shortly after opening in 1930.
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