LOUIS H. SULLIVAN, EXECUTED BY THE YALE AND TOWNE MANUFACTURING CO. FOR THE WAINWRIGHT BUILDING, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AND THE GUARANTY BUILDING, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 1891 AND 1894-1895
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A GROUP OF CAST IRON WINDOW AND DOOR FITTINGS
Louis H. Sullivan, Executed by the Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co. for the Wainwright Building, St. Louis, Missouri and the Guaranty Building, Buffalo, New York, 1891 and 1894-1895
Comprising two door plates: two door knobs; and a window pull, each impressed with the Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company monogram
14in. (35.5cm.) height of the tallest door plate (3)
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cf. Brian A. Spencer, The Prairie School Tradition, 1979, p.30 for an illustration of the door plate from the Guaranty Building Buffalo, New York