COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
MIA_.77.23.1-12
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MIA_.77.23.1-12
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2002
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2002
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Architecture
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Architecture
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Sullivan, Louis H.
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Sullivan, Louis H.
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
North American; American
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North American; American
Creator Nationality
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Creator Role:
designer
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designer
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
1856 - 1924
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1856 - 1924
Creator Dates/Places
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Gender:
M
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M
Gender
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Creator Name-CRT:
Louis H. Sullivan
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Louis H. Sullivan
Creator Name-CRT
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Creator Name:
Northwestern Terra Cotta Works (Norweta), Chicago
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Northwestern Terra Cotta Works (Norweta), Chicago
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
North American; American
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North American; American
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Role:
manufacturer
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manufacturer
Creator Role
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Northwestern Terra Cotta Works (Norweta), Chicago
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Northwestern Terra Cotta Works (Norweta), Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Lunette and decorative panels
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Lunette and decorative panels
Title
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View:
Front
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Front
View
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Creation Date:
1884 - 1885
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1884 - 1885
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1884
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1884
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1885
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1885
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
Painted terra-cotta
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Painted terra-cotta
Materials and Techniques
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Classification Term:
Terra Cotta
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Terra Cotta
Classification Term
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Dimensions:
Lunette sections (each): H 20 1/2 in., W 26 1/2 in., D 6 in.; decorative panels (each): H 29 in., W 17 1/2 in., D 9 1/2 in.
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Lunette sections (each): H 20 1/2 in., W 26 1/2 in., D 6 in.; decorative panels (each): H 29 in., W 17 1/2 in., D 9 1/2 in.
Dimensions
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Measurement Unit:
in
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in
Measurement Unit
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AMICA Contributor:
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
77.23.1-12
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77.23.1-12
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Gift of the Department of Environmental Affairs
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Gift of the Department of Environmental Affairs
Credit Line
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html"target="_new">http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html</a>
Rights
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Context:
Louis Sullivan designed these terra-cotta panels for the exterior of the Scoville Building in Chicago, one of the Adler and Sullivan firm's earliest commissions. It required them to remodel an existing Adler structure to accord with a new, much larger addition. The terra-cotta pieces shown here formed part of the organic decoration of stylized plants with which Sullivan tied the two buildings together. This lunette ornamented the arch above the windows of the top (fifth) story. It has an undulating design of ferns unfurling and would have complemented other organically-inspired terra-cotta pieces throughout the exterior.
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<P>Louis Sullivan designed these terra-cotta panels for the exterior of the Scoville Building in Chicago, one of the Adler and Sullivan firm's earliest commissions. It required them to remodel an existing Adler structure to accord with a new, much larger addition. The terra-cotta pieces shown here formed part of the organic decoration of stylized plants with which Sullivan tied the two buildings together. This lunette ornamented the arch above the windows of the top (fifth) story. It has an undulating design of ferns unfurling and would have complemented other organically-inspired terra-cotta pieces throughout the exterior.</P>
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
MIA_.16940c.tif
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MIA_.16940c.tif
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