LITTLE IPSWICH RU B Y RO S S WO O D
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C H A L M E R S WO O D H O U S E
W O O D B U RY ( 1927–28)
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I P S W I C H was the creation of architect William Adams Delano and its owner, interior designer
Ruby Ross Wood, two pioneers of early 20th-century design. Mrs. Wood and her second husband,
Wall Street broker Chalmers Wood, commissioned the house in 1927. She spent several months planning before handing her ideas over to her good friend Delano. Named after Mr. Wood’s childhood home in Ipswich, Massachusetts, the house drew inspiration for its design from a gate lodge at England’s Kimbolton Castle. In addition, Little Ipswich combined French, Palladian, and English elements.
Entrance court approach
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