A CAST IRON BALUSTER

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A CAST IRON BALUSTER
DESIGNED BY LOUIS H. SULLIVAN, EXECUTED BY THE YALE AND TOWNE MANUFACTURING CO., FOR THE GUARANTY BUILDING, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 1894-1895

The central shield within an ellipse bordered by ornate scrollwork and surmounted by stylized foliage (86.23.78)--34¼in. 987cm.) high

Lot Essay

cf. the model illustrated in situ in Burchfield Center, Design in Buffalo, Burchfield Center-State University College at Buffalo, 1981, p. 35 and Brian A. Spencer, The Prairie School Tradition, Whitney Museum of Design, New York, 1979, p. 35