terracotta ornament from the Garrich Theatre Building, Chicago, Louis Henry Sullivan

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terracotta ornament from the Garrich Theatre Building, Chicago, 1892
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: terracotta; pigment
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 30 x 47 x 11.5 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 11 13/16 x 18 1/2 x 4 1/2 in
Credit line: Gift of the KU School of Architecture
Accession number: 1978.0010
Not on display

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Archive Label 1999: Here are ceramics on a much larger scale than any of the other objects in this exhibition. Along with George Elmslie's ornaments nearby, these terracotta tiles from a building facade represent the use of ceramics in the service of architecture. They were originally painted in several colors, traces of which can be seen on one of these two fragments. The second one shows remnants of the paint-removal process. The numbers stamped on top may indicate that these were made in a mold.