Monadnock Building, Chicago: Details and profiles for door handles for the first floor stores, sash lifts, letter drops, thumb pieces, pushplates, kick plates, and door knobs

People:

Shepherd Brooks (developer)
Burnham and Root (architectural firm)
Burnham and Root (draughtsman)
Peter Brooks (developer)
Owen Franklin Aldis (real estate agent)
Shepherd Brooks (client)
George A. Fuller Company (contractors)
Peter Brooks (client)

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Details and profiles for door handles for the first floor stores, sash lifts, letter drops, thumb pieces, pushplates, kick plates, and door knobs

Date:

after 1889

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

working drawing
detail drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and blue ink over graphite with green wash

Dimensions:

sheet: 70.5 x 102.1 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:042

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

profiles (orthographic drawings)
plans (drawings)
section
elevations (drawings)

Point of View:

general views
partial views

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and blue ink, l.r.: with title, architectural firm's name and "(Take measures at bldg.) / Material Cast Bronze"; and throughout: with drawing titles, and notes concerning the design of the hardware signed and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, l.r.: "10 copies / DP"

Subject:

interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

door hardware
metal-work
entrance handle
kick plate
letter-box plate
pushplate
sash lift
thumb piece
doorknob

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

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