Balcony Seen in Elevation, Blois
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: Horizontal sheet tipped vertically into binding, depicting a scaled drawing of the upper story of a building's balcony or loggia seen in elevation and in section, and various parts of it seen in profile. At left the elevation of the loggia consists of an entablature from the story below supporting a balustrade, likely of white stone or painted wood, upon which stand three ionic columns which then support a slate roof with a gutter of decorative fleurs-de-lys. Below this the gutter is seen in detail, and then also in profile. The right half of the sheet shows the loggia in section, the underside of its roof beams painted alternating shades of ochre yellow, forest green, and brick red. Below this is a detailed drawing of one of the balusters, and to the right of this sketch is a view in section and in profile of the painted roof beams.
place: label: made in
content: Blois, France
label: place depicted
content: Blois, 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: 1943-51-240
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: Brush and watercolor, graphite on textured off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: 24.7 x 31.8 cm (9 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.), irregular