page_title: Dolobran (Haverford, Pennsylvania)
section_title: Circa-1888 expansion
hierarchical_section_title: Dolobran (Haverford, Pennsylvania) / House / Circa-1888 expansion
caption_attribution_description: "Dolobran, Residence of Clement A. Griscom."
context_page_description: Dolobran is a Shingle Style house at 231 Laurel Lane in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Frank Furness for shipping magnate Clement Griscom in 1881, and was expanded at least twice by Furness. The house and 146-acre estate served as a summer retreat for Griscom, his wife, and five children.
  It was named for Dolobran, the Welsh manor and estate of Griscom's ancestors.
context_section_description: The circa-1888 expansion of the house was more restrained, and included the three-story east addition – with pyramidical roof and stone chimneys – the octagonal study, and the verandah with its graceful, arching brackets. The three-story, L-shaped servant's wing – with expanded kitchen and bedrooms above – either was part of these alterations or those in 1894-95. 
  The new interiors were in a different style and at a larger scale. Furness was exploring the Art Nouveau, and used a calla lily motif – sometimes literally, sometimes abstractly – for the mantel brackets in the drawingroom, the fireplace mosaics in the master bedroom and library, the stone carvings of the study fireplace, and a glorious leaded glass window, also in the study. The circa-1888 alterations probably included the front bedroom's buff-colored, terra-cotta fireplace and mantel, the detailing of which is closely related to the reading room of Furness's contemporaneous University of Pennsylvania Library (1888–91).
caption: Dolobran, circa 1890 (between the circa-1888 and 1894-95 expansions).
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