Cornice details for the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo

People:

Frank Lloyd Wright (architect)
Office of Frank Lloyd Wright (Tokyo, Japan) (draughtsman)
Baron Okura Impeho (client)

Title:

Cornice details for the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo

Date:

1914 or 1915

Description:

- This sheet of details for the cornice for the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, was used to work out the decorative treatment of the underside of the cornice. The drawings include small freehand sketches and several larger mechanical drawings with extensive freehand additions. The l.r. drawing, an axonometric view for the corner of the cornice as seen from below, is rendered with coloured pencil and graphite in a few areas.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing
detail drawings

Technique and media:

Graphite and coloured pencil

Dimensions:

sheet: 48.0 x 58.4 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0270

Drawing Type:

line drawings
mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)
freehand drawings
rendering
sketches

Method of Projection:

axonometric drawing
reflected ceiling plan
sections (orthographic drawings)
elevations (drawings)

Point of View:

partial views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is trimmed unevenly and has repairs at l.l., l.r. and c.r.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the architect ? in graphite, u.l.: "projecting beam" inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, u.l.: "WRG" [on diagonal], "concrete beam 4'-0"" and "SECTION"; u.r.: "FLONT [sic] ELEVATION", "SECTION B-B", "CONCRETE BEAM" [on diagonal] and "STONE" [on diagonal]; l.c.: "2ND FLOOR"; and in various locations: with measurements stamped - embossed, l.l.: "THE FRANK / LLOYD / WRIGHT / FOUNDATION / [foundation number] / CORPORATE SEAL / STATE OF WISCONSIN" numbered - by a member of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, in graphite, l.l.: "1509.22" [foundation number; within stamp]

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

cornice

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

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