Dumbarton Oaks Garden Painting by Caroline Heald - the Fountain Terrace A white paper label on

A white paper label on one side of the box lid reads  ---      OPER/WIEN   made in Austria

The diameter at the rim is under 10” on the inside and about 10 ¼” on the exterior

The wood artist created the checkerboard / pinwheel structure before “turning” the bowl

But here the artist has viewed the scene from a fresh perspective that gives a dynamic energy to a place that itself was transformed gradually over the years by the original designer

This beautiful turned wood vintage vase is made of horizontal bands of wood about ¾” wide

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Painting by Caroline Heald - the Fountain Terrace A white paper label onIn this peek into one of the garden treasures of Washington, D. C., artist Caroline Heald explores the beauty of the vegetation, the limestone pools and the intricate iron balconies of the Fountain Terrace at Dumbarton Oaks. Dumbarton Oaks is an historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D. C. Thanks to the information written by the artist Caroline Emmet Heald on the top wood stretcher, we know that Dumbarton Oaks, an oil and