Detail View: The AMICA Library: Lunette and decorative panels
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AMICA ID:
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MIA_.77.23.1-12
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Architecture
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Creator Name:
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Sullivan, Louis H.
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Role:
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designer
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1856 - 1924
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Louis H. Sullivan
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Creator Name:
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Northwestern Terra Cotta Works (Norweta), Chicago
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Role:
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manufacturer
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Northwestern Terra Cotta Works (Norweta), Chicago
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Title:
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Lunette and decorative panels
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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1884 - 1885
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Creation Start Date:
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1884
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Creation End Date:
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1885
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Materials and Techniques:
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Painted terra-cotta
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Classification Term:
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Terra Cotta
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Dimensions:
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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.
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Measurement Unit:
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in
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Owner Location:
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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ID Number:
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77.23.1-12
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Credit Line:
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Gift of the Department of Environmental Affairs
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Rights:
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Context:
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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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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.16940c.tif
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