Half-Inch Scale Detail, Elevation and Section, of the Ninth Through Twelfth Floors for the Monadnock Block, Chicago

People:

Burnham and Root (draughtsman)
Burnham and Root (architectural firm)
Peter Brooks (developer)
Owen Franklin Aldis (real estate agent)
Peter Brooks (client)

Title:

Half-Inch Scale Detail, Elevation and Section, of the Ninth Through Twelfth Floors for the Monadnock Block, Chicago

Date:

ca. September 1885

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing
presentation drawing (proposal)
detail drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and red and black ink, pink, yellow and red wash and graphite on stiff wove paper plume et encre noire et rouge, lavis rose, jaune et rouge et crayon graphite sur papier vélin rigide

Dimensions:

sheet: 90,8 x 49,9 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:005

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)
finished drawing

Method of Projection:

sections (orthographic drawings)
elevation (drawing)

Point of View:

partial views
exterior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has been cleaned.

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, l.c.: with title and "C" [within a circle, drawing number]; u.l.: "Section through Piers / B:C:D:E:J:K:L & M"; u.l.: "Section of Corners / Piers A:F:L & N"; l.: with floor numbers; and throughout: with dimensions and notes concerning the design inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, l.c.: "Change / Change / Square"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

ornament
masonry piers (supporting elements)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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