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GROPIUS, WALTER. Typed Letter Signed, to philosopher Lewis Mumford,
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$700 - $1,000
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$375
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GROPIUS, WALTER.
Typed Letter Signed, to philosopher Lewis Mumford, thanking for New Year wishes, remarking that pamphlets concerning the blinds are on their way to him, explaining the heat control advantage gained by mounting metal blinds on the exterior of the building, and hoping that the information is sufficient for his friend in Honolulu. 1 page, 4to, "Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer" stationery; faint scattered foxing, horizontal folds; matted with a portrait and framed.
Cambridge, MA, 4 January 1940
". . . I have written to the Chicago Venetian Blind Company asking them to send you a set of pamphlets with all necessary information for these metal blinds. . . . All I did was to provide for a pocket on the exterior of the window and fix them in channels sidewards so that they can't rattle in the wind. The cords are handled from the inside, being guided through a metal pipe on the wall and over a little pulley in order to avoid friction. The advantage of having these venetian blinds outside is to reflect the heat away before it penetrates through the glass panes. . . ."
Typed Letter Signed, to philosopher Lewis Mumford, thanking for New Year wishes, remarking that pamphlets concerning the blinds are on their way to him, explaining the heat control advantage gained by mounting metal blinds on the exterior of the building, and hoping that the information is sufficient for his friend in Honolulu. 1 page, 4to, "Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer" stationery; faint scattered foxing, horizontal folds; matted with a portrait and framed.
Cambridge, MA, 4 January 1940
". . . I have written to the Chicago Venetian Blind Company asking them to send you a set of pamphlets with all necessary information for these metal blinds. . . . All I did was to provide for a pocket on the exterior of the window and fix them in channels sidewards so that they can't rattle in the wind. The cords are handled from the inside, being guided through a metal pipe on the wall and over a little pulley in order to avoid friction. The advantage of having these venetian blinds outside is to reflect the heat away before it penetrates through the glass panes. . . ."
