Elevation of Door with Symbols of François I, Chambord
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1889
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical sheet depicting a wooden door with only the upper half articulated. The door has an inset round-arched panel divided by a vertical member. The left side contains a capital F with small, scrolling serifs protruding from all three ends, while the right side contains a salamander facing to the right with its head looking backward over its shoulder. Above it is a small crown while the rest of the panel has small dancing flames, which also decorate the corners of the door.
place: label: made in
content: Loir-et-Cher, France
label: place depicted
content: Loir-et-Cher, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. William Greenough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1943-51-241
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Album page
label: Type
content: Album page
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on textured off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: 31.9 x 24.7 cm (12 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.), irregular