Window The Auditorium And Tower Building
Window The Auditorium And Tower Building, Chicago, Illinois
Louis H. Sullivan (1856-1924)
U.S.A., 1886-1889
Colored, colorless, and opalescent glass, molded glass "jewels," cut and assembled, painted; lead came
Louis H. Sullivan is acknowledged as one of the first American proponents of modernism in architectural design. The Auditorium and Tower building was built by the firm of Adler and Sullivan between 1886 and 1899. This Romanesque Revival style building occupies a full city block and originally housed a civic opera house, hotel and offices.
This window formed the upper half of one of four interior sash windows located in the hotel lobby, behind the front desk. The opened onto a light well. All the building's stained glass windows were designed by Sullivan and fabricated by Healy and Miller in Chicago.
This window is displayed and lighted with natural light.
Window The Auditorium And Tower Building
Window The Auditorium And Tower Building, Chicago, Illinois
Louis H. Sullivan (1856-1924)
U.S.A., 1886-1889
Colored, colorless, and opalescent glass, molded glass "jewels," cut and assembled, painted; lead came
Louis H. Sullivan is acknowledged as one of the first American proponents of modernism in architectural design. The Auditorium and Tower building was built by the firm of Adler and Sullivan between 1886 and 1899. This Romanesque Revival style building occupies a full city block and originally housed a civic opera house, hotel and offices.
This window formed the upper half of one of four interior sash windows located in the hotel lobby, behind the front desk. The opened onto a light well. All the building's stained glass windows were designed by Sullivan and fabricated by Healy and Miller in Chicago.
This window is displayed and lighted with natural light.