Tympanum
1884 (made)
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This tympanum is made by the US architect Louis Henry Sullivan (1856-1924) in ca. 1884. The tympanum with a semicircular arch of wedge-shaped bricks originally surmounted a window of the top storey of the facade of the Scoville Building, later SSA-Payment Center in Chicago which has since been demolished. It comprises of three segments in terracotta which are decorated with stylised acanthus leaves and scroll ornament, and a semicircular shell-shaped at the centre of the moulded architrave.
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Materials and techniques | terracotta |
Brief description | Tympanum, terracotta / brick, from the Scoville Building, Chicago, by Henry Louis Sullivan, American, 1884 |
Physical description | The tympanum with a semicircular arch of wedge-shaped bricks. It comprises of three segments in terracotta which are decorated with stylised acanthus leaves and scroll ornament, and a semicircular shell-shaped at the centre of the moulded architrave. |
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Object history | Given by General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Washington, D.C. |
Historical context | The tympanum with a semicircular arch of wedge-shaped bricks originally surmounted a window of the top storey of the facade of the Scoville Building, later SSA-Payment Center in Chicago which has since been demolished. |
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Summary | This tympanum is made by the US architect Louis Henry Sullivan (1856-1924) in ca. 1884. The tympanum with a semicircular arch of wedge-shaped bricks originally surmounted a window of the top storey of the facade of the Scoville Building, later SSA-Payment Center in Chicago which has since been demolished. It comprises of three segments in terracotta which are decorated with stylised acanthus leaves and scroll ornament, and a semicircular shell-shaped at the centre of the moulded architrave. |
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Accession number | A.20-1977 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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