VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A BRONZE-PLATED WROUGHT-IRON FRIEZE
Details
A BRONZE-PLATED WROUGHT-IRON FRIEZE
DESIGNED BY ADLER & SULLIVAN FOR THE CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING, CIRCA 1893
Featuring stylized botanical motifs with a classical foliate border -- 17¾in. (45cm.) high, 66¾in. (169.5cm.) wide, 2in. (5.1cm.) deep
DESIGNED BY ADLER & SULLIVAN FOR THE CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING, CIRCA 1893
Featuring stylized botanical motifs with a classical foliate border -- 17¾in. (45cm.) high, 66¾in. (169.5cm.) wide, 2in. (5.1cm.) deep
Literature
Robert Twombly, Louis Sullivan: His Life and Work, The University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 317; the design of the frieze is shown in Chapman, Jackson and Huntley, Louis H. Sullivan Architectural Ornament Collection, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Office of Cultural Arts and University Museums, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 1981, fig. 34; and John Vinci, The Art Institute of Chicago: The Stock Exchange Trading Room, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1977, pp. 22, 23 showing in situ photographs of the frieze and p. 20 for a discussion of the design.