Sketch of Column in Gothic Style, Chapel at Amboise, France
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical sheet illustrating a column in the Gothic style consisting of a very tall base with an elongated midsection with carved tri-cusped arch. To the right is a detail of the base of the midsection, showing that it is hollowed out so that the interior is concave and framed by slender engaged colonettes on either side.
place: label: made in
content: Amboise, France
label: place depicted
content: Amboise, 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: 1943-51-298
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 off-white wove paper with pre-printed blue ink ruled lines, mounted to thick, off-white laid paper tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 21.5 x 17.1 cm (8 7/16 x 6 3/4 in.), irregular
label: Dimensions
content: Mount: 32 x 24.7 cm (12 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.), irregular