Sketches of Architectural Elements, Blois and Amboise
date: label: Date
content: June 11, 1888
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical sheet illustrated three sketches of buildings and architectural elements. At top left is the right staircase tower at the Château de Blois. It is a Romanesque tower with blind arcade decoration at the uppermost level, topped by a mansard roof with chimney. At top right is a dormer that far overhangs the window opening below and ends in a curve. Underneath the dormer has wooden tracery similar to a flamboyant Gothic style. At bottom right is the corner of a masonry and half-timbered and plastered house. The half-timbering is only on the upper story, ending with a small tower in the corner.
place: label: made in
content: Blois, France
label: place depicted
content: Blois, France
label: place depicted
content: Amboise, France
label: made in
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: 1943-51-208
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 cream wove paper tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: 31 x 24.6 cm (12 3/16 x 9 11/16 in.), irregular