Monadnock Building, Chicago: Elevations for electric and gas lighting fixtures

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Elevations for electric and gas lighting fixtures

Date:

1891-1892

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

preliminary drawing
mechanical drawing (building system drawing)
electrical drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and blue ? ink

Dimensions:

sheet: 55.2 x 44.7 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:190

Drawing Type:

line drawing
freehand drawing

Method of Projection:

elevations (drawings)

Point of View:

general views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is dirty throughout.

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, in pen and blue ink, b.: "Hanging Lights Fixed Brackets: Jointed Do [?] / Sketch Designs for Electric & Gas Fixtures / Monadnock Building / D.H. Burnham Archt: [all underlined]"; and throughout: "Gas jet" and fixture numbers signed and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, b.: "20 copies / DP [?]"

Subject:

interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

ceiling fixtures
lighting fixtures
brackets (lighting devices)
electric fixtures
gas fixtures
interior lighting

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

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