Detail View: The AMICA Library: Ceiling light fixture
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AMICA ID:
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MIA_.90.92.84
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AMICA Library Year:
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2003
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Elmslie George
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Creator Nationality:
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American (born Scotland), Minnesota, Minneapolis
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Creator Role:
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Designer
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1871 - 1952
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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George Grant Elmslie
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Creator Name:
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Purcell William
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Creator Nationality:
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American, Minnesota, Minneapolis
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Creator Role:
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Designer
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1880 - 1965
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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William Gray Purcell
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Creator Name:
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Mosaic Art Shops (E.L. Sharretts)
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Creator Nationality:
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United States
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Creator Role:
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Maker
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1912 - 1930
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Mosaic Art Shops (E.L. Sharretts)
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Title:
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Ceiling light fixture
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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1913
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Creation Start Date:
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1913
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Creation End Date:
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1913
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Materials and Techniques:
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Glass, zinc caming
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Classification Term:
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Architecture
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Dimensions:
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Dia.20 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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90.92.84
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Credit Line:
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Bequest of Anson Cutts, Jr.
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Rights:
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Context:
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This light fixture was designed for the back porch of Purcell's own house (now the Purcell-Cutts House). The fixture was hung from the ceiling, parallel to the ceiling plane, below a recessed light well holding a single bulb. An identical fixture is still in place in the entrance hall of the house; a reproduction has been made for the porch. The round panel contains the V-shaped motifs Elmslie employed in many of his designs.
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Related Multimedia Description:
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Unified Vision: In the late 19th century, Louis Sullivan conceived the idea of an authentic American architecture suited to the needs of people living in the modern age.Employing his principles of unified design, Sullivan's followers, including Frank Lloyd Wright, William Gray Purcell, and George Grant Elmslie, developed what is now known as the Prairie School.Unified Vision explores these modern concepts through the exemplary Prairie School collection at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.26939c.tif
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