Modern Federal · Hotels

John Barianos, right, teaches an artisan how to draw the pattern of a mosaic floor in the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., during the 1980s restoration

District Of Columbia · 1850–1939

John Barianos, right, teaches an artisan how to draw the pattern of a mosaic floor in the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., during the 1980s restoration, District Of Columbia, 1850–1939
John Barianos, right, teaches an artisan how to draw the pattern of a mosaic floor in the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., during the 1980s restoration, District Of Columbia, 1850–1939. Hotels — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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