Estimated value: 10.000-15.000 US$
Auction:
Modernist 20th Century
Sales date: 2004-06-06
Location:
Chicago
Lot number: 192
Design
William Gray Purcell, George Grant Elmslie
Year
1917
Architonic id
4103963
Ceiling fixture for the Mrs. Richard Polson House
Bronze, glass
16"w x 16"d x 25"h
This ceiling fixture comes from the house of Mrs. Richard Polson of Spooner, Wisconsin. Mrs. Polson was a wealthy Chicago woman who commissioned Purcell and Elmslie to build this modest house as a wedding present for her son, D. B. Brockett and his wife Nan. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places and this bronze fixture is listed in the register as designed by Purcell and Elmslie.