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Gifts
to the Treasury
Over
the past several years, the Treasury Historical Association gave
a number of historically significant gifts to the Department as
well as cash donations to fund various historical restoration projects.
The following is an illustrative listing of the various gifts provided
by THA in recent years:
- Financial
support for restoration of monumental dome and triple skylight
in West Wing of Treasury Building.
- Reproduction
gas lamp chandeliers for the public corridors of the Treasury
Building.
- Electrified
antique chandeliers for the Secretary's conference and reception
rooms.
- Gilding
or gold-leafing of the eagles and keys in the capitals of the
interior columns of the North wing of the Treasury Building.
- Restoration
of gilding in ceilings of Cash Room and North Wing staircase domes.
- Historical
paint analysis.
- Restoration
of the trompe l'oeil painting in the 3300 corridor of the
Treasury Building.
- Reproduction
sconces for West Lobby to match antique chandelier
Continuation
of Gifts to Treasury
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