Album of architectural ornaments

People:

Unknown (photographer)

Title:

Album of architectural ornaments

Date:

1927-1931

Description:

This volume contains 285 photographs on 44 leaves, of designs commissioned by Graham Anderson Probst & White for the decoration of the buildings below. They date from 1927 to 1931, and most bear the approval marks of Mr. Alfred Shaw. Firms identified on the photographs include the Northwestern Terra Cotta Co., Flour City Ornamental Iron Co, and Havlick stone Co. The designs, executed in plaster, were for doorways, panelling, cornices, plaques, ceilings, etc., for:
The Morton Building, Chicago
The Pittsfield Building, Chicago
The Koppers Building
20 Wacker Drive Building (Civic Opera House)
Merchandise Mart
Northwestern National Bank, Minneapolis, Minn.
Marshall Field Store, Oak Park, Illinois.
Pennsylvania railroad Office Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
Higbee Department Store (location?)
and at least one unindentified building.
J. Gregg
3/22/70"
Note by J. Gregg, dated 3/22/70, typewritten on white paper glued on first page of album

Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver prints

Dimensions:

album: 31,2 x 26,3 x 5 cm comps. (max.): 24,9 x 19,5 cm comps. (min.): 2,3 x 2,5 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:0657:001-288

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Album with red cloth covers and spine and title imprinted in gold lettering on spine - photographs are glued on secondary support; two are attached with tape on one side of photo to the album page; one is not attached

Inscription:

inscribed, signed, dated and numbered

Location:

Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States

Subject:

architecture
ornament

Subject Descriptive Terms:

people
figures (representations)
doorways
bas-reliefs
sculptures
railings
vase
vestibule
columns (architectural elements)
cornices
entablatures
pediments
paneling
pedestals
boats
fluting
ceilings
grille
mantels
musical instruments
ceiling ornaments
panels (ornament areas)
friezes (entablature components)
console
latticework
scrolls (motifs)
motifs
capital (column component)
leaf (plant material) motifs
shield (motif)
brackets
numerals
foliation (pattern)
decorations
medallions (ornament areas)
letters (signs)
measuring devices
geometric patterns
plasterwork
horses
plaques (flat objects)
fluted columns

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

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