Sketches of Architectural Details, Vannes
date: label: Date
content: June 28, 1888
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical sheet with five sketches of architectural elements from buildings in Vannes, France. Clockwise from upper left is the detail of a roof eave showing the practice of extending roof beams far out beyond the wall below and resting the roof rafters on a cross beam that then rests on the floor beams to create a deep shadow. To the lower right of this is a slate gable with deep overhanging eave and half-timbered decoration below. At the bottom right corner is a small dormer with a rounded front topped by a ball finial. To the left of this is the meeting of two corners of a building producing a deep and unusual intersection of the eaves. Above this is another rendering of this same detail that was sketched below.
place: label: made in
content: Vannes, France
label: place depicted
content: Vannes, 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: 1943-51-227
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 thick off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: 31 x 23.4 cm (12 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.), irregular