Elevator Grille Frieze, from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, Chicago, Illinois
- Designer
- Adler and Sullivan, Chicago, Illinois, active 1883–1895
- Maker
- Winslow Brothers Company Ornamental Iron Works, Chicago, Illinois, active 1887–1921
- Date
- 1893–95
- Material
- Cast and forged iron
- made in
- Chicago, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Architectural elements, metalwork
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 15 1/4 x 74 x 1 in. (38.7 x 188 x 2.5 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Rights
- Contact Us
- Object Number
- 45:1975.4
NOTES
The Chicago Stock Exchange building, for which this elevator grill frieze was made, was one of the Chicago architectural firm Adler and Sullivan's last commissions before the firm dissolved in 1895. The abstract floral form of the frieze is typical of Louis Sullivan's early decorative work.