Is the quality of the following passage consistent to what might be encountered in the exam? I found its structure skew from what I have otherwise seen in the Official Guide:
A fertilizer heiress and a lawyer, the Morrises collected 17th- and early-18th-century Americana with discernment, and to complement their treasures they agreed that only an authentic Colonial house would do. Unfortunately nothing in Washington, D.C.—which was founded in 1790—fit the bill, so they scoured the East Coast for a suitable landmark that could be relocated. In 1934 they zeroed in on the Lindens, a 1750s Georgian masterpiece in Danvers, Massachusetts. One of the property’s owners at the time, legendary antiques dealer Israel Sack, had sold off the paneled parlor to what is now the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City; demolition threatened what remained. The Morrises snapped up the three-story house for about $13,000, and under the supervision of Walter Macomber, Colonial Williamsburg’s first resident architect, the frame structure was dismantled nail by nail and carted to Washington on six railroad freight cars to be rebuilt in the posh Kalorama neighborhood. As for the parlor, Sack had it replicated as part of the sales agreement.
Surprisingly, the damage in transit amounted to little more than a few shattered windowpanes. Especially notable was the survival of three complete sets of Dufour et Leroy scenic wallpapers, which artisans steamed off the two-story stair hall and rehung once the Lindens reached its new home. The Morrises waived their usual collecting rules for these 19th-century French rarities, and they also allowed Macomber to strengthen the structure with steel beams and to tuck modern bathrooms for them and their three children into closets once used for powdering wigs. Glaring anachronisms were concealed: Fake book spines masked the radios, and antique boxes hid the telephones.
Thank you.
Submitted August 27, 2019 at 11:37AM by what_-_really https://ift.tt/327LkTX
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