Elevation of Tower and Sketches of 7th Window, Possibly from Abbey of Chiaravalle, Milan
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 with an elevation of a four story tower represented in the upper half of the sheet. The tower is executed in the Romanesque style and contains many inscriptions of the dimensions of the wall thickness and height of the tower taken from various points. The lower half of the sheet contains an elevation of a round-arched window opening supported by two slender columns. The same window opening is seen in plan and section at right. The elevation and plan views contain measurements of some of their parts.
place: label: possibly made in
content: Milan, Italy
label: place possibly depicted
content: Milan, Italy
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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: 1943-51-264
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 very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 30.3 x 20.1 cm (11 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.), irregular