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
from: Chicago, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Classification: Architectural elements, metalwork
Collection: Decorative Arts and Design
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: Public Domain
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.

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