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A CAST-IRON ELEVATOR GRILLE
DESIGNED BY JENNEY AND MUNDIE, FABRICATED BY WINSLOW BROTHERS COMPANY, FOR THE MANHATTAN BUILDING, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, CIRCA 1889-91
Open vertical form, the lower section of each with a grid pattern, the upper section with highly stylized scrolling foliage--78 1/2in. (199.4cm.) high, 14in. (35.6cm) wide, 1/2in. (1.3cm) deep
cf. Pauline Saliga, ed. Fragments of Chigago's Past, The Collection of Architectural Fragments at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990, p. 90 for an illustration of the grilles in situ.
DESIGNED BY JENNEY AND MUNDIE, FABRICATED BY WINSLOW BROTHERS COMPANY, FOR THE MANHATTAN BUILDING, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, CIRCA 1889-91
Open vertical form, the lower section of each with a grid pattern, the upper section with highly stylized scrolling foliage--78 1/2in. (199.4cm.) high, 14in. (35.6cm) wide, 1/2in. (1.3cm) deep
cf. Pauline Saliga, ed. Fragments of Chigago's Past, The Collection of Architectural Fragments at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990, p. 90 for an illustration of the grilles in situ.