Title & Author:

Four Fifty Sutter Medical Building and the San Francisco Stock Exchange : Miller and Pflueger, architects / edited and arranged by William I. Garren, A.I.A.

Publication:

San Francisco, California : Michel and Pfeffer Iron Works, [approximately 1930]

Description:

38 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
"Metal unto art, an architectural expression with new type forms ... presenting two buildings, the work of Messrs. Miller and Pflueger, architects. Lindgren and Swinerton, Inc., builders, constructed these buildings. The photographs reproduced are the work of Gabriel Moulin and Roger Sturtevant of Carmel. Herbert Ridelstein designed the cover. The type was composed by J.F. Bartholomew and the print impressions are on Zellerbach stock. The book was printed by the Mercury Press, with the engravings by Sterling Engraving Company. The metal work shown was executed in the shops of Michel and Pfeffer Iron Works, San Francisco, by whom Metal unto art is presented."--Colophon.

Summary:

A promotional book issued by the firm of Michel and Pfeffer Iron Works to show off their decorative metalwork on two of San Francisco"s most noted Deco skyscrapers, designed by Miller and Pflueger, architects, and built by Lindgren and Swinerton, Inc. There is a short essay, "Impressions", by William I. Garren, but most of the book consists of b&w photographs of the iron decorative finishes to the buildings. Bound in cardboard covers with color Art Deco neo-Mayan design on front cover, and metal finish endpapers.

Subject:

San Francisco Stock Exchange (Building : San Francisco, Calif.)
Four Fifty Sutter Street (San Francisco, Calif.)
Miller and Pfleuger (Firm)
Michel and Pfeffer Iron Works.
Architecture California San Francisco 20th century.
Art deco (Architecture) California San Francisco.
Architectural metal-work California San Francisco.
Office buildings California San Francisco.
Stock exchanges California San Francisco.
Maya architecture Influence.
Architecture Californie San Francisco 20e siècle.
Art déco (Architecture) Californie San Francisco.
Travail des métaux (Architecture) Californie San Francisco.
Immeubles de bureaux Californie San Francisco.
Bourse Californie San Francisco.
Architecture maya Influence.
Architectural metal-work
Architecture
Art deco (Architecture)
Buildings
Office buildings
Stock exchanges
San Francisco (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc.
California San Francisco

Form/genre:

Books.

Added entries:

Garren, William I., editor.
Moulin, Gabriel, 1872-1945, photographer.
Sturtevant, Roger, 1903-1982, photographer.
Ridelstein, Herbert.
Miller and Pfleuger, architects.
Michel and Pfeffer Iron Works.
Lindgren and Swinerton, Inc.
Mercury Press, printer.
Sterling Engraving Co.

450 Sutter
Title on colophon: Metal unto art

Holdings:

Location: Library main 82593
Call No.: ID:85-B11186
Status: Available