Details of Roofs and Gables, Rouen
date: label: Date
content: June 8, 1887
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical sheet illustrating four sketches of dormers, roofs, and gables. In the upper left of the sheet is a drawing of a gabled roof whose left side has an irregular flare out at the eave. Over two windows is a small canopy supported by timbers from underneath. At right is a gabled roof with a pointed wooden arch framing a row of windows that are shielded by a canopy above. To the right of this is a small sketch of the bottom of a chimney showing it supported by two brackets from underneath. At lower left is a sketch of a dormer with a large overhang supported by two curved brackets on either side of the window frame, and a small decorative finial above. At lower right is the upper part of a structure that has a loggia with three openings shielded by the eave above which is supported by timber brackets.
place: label: made in
content: Rouen, France
label: place depicted
content: Rouen, 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: 1943-51-194
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 gray paperboard tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: 31.3 x 24 cm (12 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.), irregular