DR1988:0437:017
Description:
- This etching shows a fireworks construction or macchina in the form of a triumphal arch which is raised on a basement and flanked by two columns. Inside the arch is a statue of the Roger, the first Norman King of the Two Sicilies, while the top of the arch is crowned by the arms of the current King of the two Sicilies, Charles Bourbon.
temporary architecture
printed 1751
Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1751
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DR1988:0437:017
Description:
- This etching shows a fireworks construction or macchina in the form of a triumphal arch which is raised on a basement and flanked by two columns. Inside the arch is a statue of the Roger, the first Norman King of the Two Sicilies, while the top of the arch is crowned by the arms of the current King of the two Sicilies, Charles Bourbon.
temporary architecture
DR1988:0437:041
Description:
- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a pavilion, with stands for musicians on either side. The lower level of the macchina represents a series of fish stalls and the architecture is deliberately rusticated, with cracks in the masonry and vines growing on the arches. The upper level consists of one large and four small canopies held up with columns wrapped with wreaths.
temporary architecture
printed 1770
Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1770
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DR1988:0437:041
Description:
- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a pavilion, with stands for musicians on either side. The lower level of the macchina represents a series of fish stalls and the architecture is deliberately rusticated, with cracks in the masonry and vines growing on the arches. The upper level consists of one large and four small canopies held up with columns wrapped with wreaths.
temporary architecture
drawings
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22 File
Decorative wood panels for Ontario room, decorative frieze for mezzanine, telecommunications room
ARCH46973
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decorative wood panels for Ontario room, decorative frieze for mezzanine, telecommunications room, convention hall doors, bedroom suite doors, entrance canopy and columns, ticket offices ceiling plan, dining rooms ceiling plans, indicator signs, flowerboxes, floor designs, radiator boxes, lighting coves, mezzanine offices, banquet hall ceiling, carpet design, front office desk
Decorative wood panels for Ontario room, decorative frieze for mezzanine, telecommunications room
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ARCH46973
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decorative wood panels for Ontario room, decorative frieze for mezzanine, telecommunications room, convention hall doors, bedroom suite doors, entrance canopy and columns, ticket offices ceiling plan, dining rooms ceiling plans, indicator signs, flowerboxes, floor designs, radiator boxes, lighting coves, mezzanine offices, banquet hall ceiling, carpet design, front office desk
drawings
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22 File
drawings
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209 drawing(s)
DR1990:0026:001-209
Description:
- Group of student drawings by George Danforth for the first-year architectural design class taught by Mies van der Rohe at the Armour Institute of Technology in 1938-1939. Mostly sketch plans and interior views which study the relationship between walls, windows, columns and doors in houses. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
architecture, interior design
1938-1939
First-year architectural design studies made at the Armour Institute of Technology
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DR1990:0026:001-209
Description:
- Group of student drawings by George Danforth for the first-year architectural design class taught by Mies van der Rohe at the Armour Institute of Technology in 1938-1939. Mostly sketch plans and interior views which study the relationship between walls, windows, columns and doors in houses. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
drawings
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209 drawing(s)
1938-1939
architecture, interior design
PH1984:0977:614
Description:
The photographs shows the house before the 1886 Charleston earthquake, in which the giant portico was demolished, leaving only its base. The photograph shows the house with the Tower of the Winds portico intact, featuring four Corinthian Capitals modelled after the Tower of the Winds, a time keeping tower, in Athens Greece. After the earthquake, the columns were buried in the back yard.
ca. 1860-1886
View of the William Ravenel house, 13 East Battery, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
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PH1984:0977:614
Description:
The photographs shows the house before the 1886 Charleston earthquake, in which the giant portico was demolished, leaving only its base. The photograph shows the house with the Tower of the Winds portico intact, featuring four Corinthian Capitals modelled after the Tower of the Winds, a time keeping tower, in Athens Greece. After the earthquake, the columns were buried in the back yard.
DR1964:0016:001
Description:
- This unfinished elevation is for a decorative programme, probably for a chapel composed of arched and pedimented altars and niches which are surmounted by an entablature supported by columns. Decorative elements include marble panels, swags, curtains, ornamental urns and candlesticks. Wash has been loosely applied to the right side of the drawing, while the left remains unfinished with a partially drawn altar and niche.
interior design
17th century
Elevation for a decorative programme, probably for a chapel
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DR1964:0016:001
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- This unfinished elevation is for a decorative programme, probably for a chapel composed of arched and pedimented altars and niches which are surmounted by an entablature supported by columns. Decorative elements include marble panels, swags, curtains, ornamental urns and candlesticks. Wash has been loosely applied to the right side of the drawing, while the left remains unfinished with a partially drawn altar and niche.
interior design
drawings
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25 File
ARCH41159
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Signal and A.S.D.I.C. building galley racks, hoods and tables, grade elevations for physical training building, watermeters, C.P.O. building galley layout and smoke pipe, hospital emergency power and lighting building, water meter pits, electrical conduits, steam piping, proposed fire alarm system, bowling alley for Physical Training building, wall and lockers for bowling alley, C.P.O. building beams and columns diagram
Signal and A.S.D.I.C. building galley racks, hoods and tables, grade elevations for physical training building
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ARCH41159
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Signal and A.S.D.I.C. building galley racks, hoods and tables, grade elevations for physical training building, watermeters, C.P.O. building galley layout and smoke pipe, hospital emergency power and lighting building, water meter pits, electrical conduits, steam piping, proposed fire alarm system, bowling alley for Physical Training building, wall and lockers for bowling alley, C.P.O. building beams and columns diagram
drawings
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25 File
drawings
DR1981:0024
Description:
- DR1981:0024 shows a design for what appears to be an ornamental footbridge. No dimensions are given and materials are not indicated, but the structure could not have been erected at a very large scale. The road bed consists of three sections: a central flat section supported on a broad flat arch; and two gently-sloped side sections, each supported on seven small, round-headed arches. The span of the bridge is braced between two sets of double piers. Each of these four piers carries an octagonal kiosk consisting of closed panels below and an open framework above. At the centre of the bridge rises a pavilion formed of sixteen columns on a rectangular plan (six columns on each of the two long sides) supporting a curved gable roof. Above the road bed, the superstructure is decorated with banners, lanterns, fretwork, and inscriptions, all in a style of Chinese derivation.
architecture, landscape architecture
ca. 1763
Design for a bridge in the Chinese style to be erected at Sanssouci
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DR1981:0024
Description:
- DR1981:0024 shows a design for what appears to be an ornamental footbridge. No dimensions are given and materials are not indicated, but the structure could not have been erected at a very large scale. The road bed consists of three sections: a central flat section supported on a broad flat arch; and two gently-sloped side sections, each supported on seven small, round-headed arches. The span of the bridge is braced between two sets of double piers. Each of these four piers carries an octagonal kiosk consisting of closed panels below and an open framework above. At the centre of the bridge rises a pavilion formed of sixteen columns on a rectangular plan (six columns on each of the two long sides) supporting a curved gable roof. Above the road bed, the superstructure is decorated with banners, lanterns, fretwork, and inscriptions, all in a style of Chinese derivation.
drawings
ca. 1763
architecture, landscape architecture
drawings
DR1995:0008
Description:
- Details include elevations and sections of handrail moldings, and details of a column's shaft and capital.
architecture, sculpture
3 April 1846
Details of one or both of the pulpits, church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome, Italy
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DR1995:0008
Description:
- Details include elevations and sections of handrail moldings, and details of a column's shaft and capital.
drawings
3 April 1846
architecture, sculpture
drawings
Elevation for the choir for the interior design by Bourgeau et Leprohon for Notre-Dame de Montréal
AR1996:1001:239
Description:
- This drawing shows the elaborate wood paneling and decorative elements of the altar wall in great detail with some shadow indicated by the use of thick black ink lines. Brown ink is used to further detail the decorative elements on the upper left side of the arch. Window panes are indicated in pen and blue ink. The decorative elements of the columns to the left and right of the drawing are drawn in graphite only.
architecture, interior design
1869-1876 ?
Elevation for the choir for the interior design by Bourgeau et Leprohon for Notre-Dame de Montréal
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AR1996:1001:239
Description:
- This drawing shows the elaborate wood paneling and decorative elements of the altar wall in great detail with some shadow indicated by the use of thick black ink lines. Brown ink is used to further detail the decorative elements on the upper left side of the arch. Window panes are indicated in pen and blue ink. The decorative elements of the columns to the left and right of the drawing are drawn in graphite only.
drawings
1869-1876 ?
architecture, interior design