"The Sert Room...Ready for Dinner Patrons..."

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Title

"The Sert Room...Ready for Dinner Patrons..."

Description

Black and white photograph depicting the Sert Room from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

"...Redecorated and Terraced for the Summer of 1935. The room may be reserved for private parties during the season when the Starlight Roof is open as a public restaurant."

The room was named for Spanish painter Jose Maria Sert, whose fifteen murals depicting scenes from "The Marriage of Quiteria" from Cervantes' "Don Quixote" adorn the walls.

Creator

Smith, Richard Averill

Publisher

The Waldorf-Astoria

Date

1935

Relation

Histories & Publications

Is Part Of

Smith, R.A. (1935). The Waldorf-Astoria. New York: The Waldorf-Astoria.

Format

image | jpeg

Medium

promotional materials

Type

StillImage

Coverage

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present
Sert Room

Temporal Coverage

1931 - 1939

Original Format

promotional materials

Citation

Smith, Richard Averill, “"The Sert Room...Ready for Dinner Patrons...",” Host to the World, accessed November 5, 2024, https://waldorfnewyorkcity.com/archive/items/show/67.