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Pool Lamps #1
Twenty-four pendant lamps hang around the perimeter of the Denton Municipal Swimming Pool.

Each of these pottery lamps was fabricated by Beaumont Mood in the basement studio of the home he shared with his wife, Martha Mood, in San Antonio, Texas.…

Pendants running along the east-west corridor.
A row of cone-shaped pendant lamps inside City Hall. All have bisque-fired to Cone 04 and have a band of dark brown matte finish at the top which matches the hardware.

These unique lamps were designed by Martha Mood and fabricated by Beaumont…

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View of the exterior of the west side. The land has been graded, but the patio has not been installed. Pottery lamps made by Beaumont Mood can be seen on the outside of the building and the front.

Returns desk at the Emily Fowler Library.
The first photo shows the newly added extension to the Emily Fowler Library which was designed by O'Neil Ford and added in 1969. The second view was taken after the building was expanded in 1980-81 to include an upper level.

The pottery lamps were…

Courtyard in the back of the "teen area".
The courtyard was designed by O'Neil Ford to match other key elements of the library such as brick courtyard, the concrete lattice, and the wooden pergola.

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After the 1968 renovation, the library began purchasing reproductions of famous sculptures from Alva Museum Replicas, Inc. of New York for customers to check out. This piece is one of them.

Peggy Mach was an American sculptor who lived and worked…

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Small sculpture made from clay of the head of a dog on a black plastic base. There are some nicks and the left ear is missing. Some evidence of peeled-off stickers underside. One of the photographs is from 2018 and the other was taken sometime in the…

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This matte white pendant lamp has 7 bands with various patterns, including an atomic starburst and an oval seamless pattern.

This pendant lamp lives in the manager's office at the South Branch Library. It is a replica of the ones hanging in the…

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A clay sculpture of a bull sits atop a shelf at the Emily Fowler Library. The informational tags on the underside have been torn off, so its provenance is unknown. The left ear has broken off. It was part of the library's circulating collection of…

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Blue-painted ceramic cat, possibly chalk ware, curled up with its tail near the head. It has almond-shaped eyes, tall ears, and is smiling with its tongue out. The cat measures: 3 1/2" x 5" x 4".
There is loss throughout: chip on top of left ear;…

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Terracotta pendant lamp with a reddish glaze and bands with various patterns such as fluted lines, seamless ovals, and an atomic starburst. The holes were hand-pierced using a dowel. Measures 24 3/4" x 10 1/2".

It was fashioned by the Beaumont…

Mood urn
Another pottery urn made by Beaumont Mood in an office of the Emily Fowler Library. There are other matching urns in a separate cabinet.

This salmon-colored vessel has colors in reddish, elephant blue, and brown with various Greek meander…
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