Ornament from the Saint Nicholas Hotel, Saint Louis, Missouri
- Designer
- Louis Sullivan, American, 1856–1924
- Date
- c.1893
- Material
- Terra cotta
- made in
- Chicago, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Architectural elements, ceramics
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- On View, Concourse
- Dimensions
- assembled: 56 1/4 x 52 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (142.9 x 133.4 x 11.4 cm)
individual block: 28 x 26 x 4 1/8 in. (71.1 x 66 x 10.5 cm)
weight: 80 lb. (36.3 kg) - Credit Line
- Eliza McMillan Trust
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 134:1973.1
NOTES
The popular designation “snowflake panel” captures the complex structure of this design. An outer circle frames an octagon. The center is filled with linear patterns of arc and trefoil shapes. Outside the circle sinuous tracery fills the remaining space, weaving a structure of weblike vines. Panels such as this were installed in sets of three under the projecting bay windows of the St. Nicholas Hotel, located at Eighth and Locust Streets, St. Louis.
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