Door escutcheon from the Wainwright Building | Yale University Art Gallery

1891

Medium: Cast iron, patinated
Dimensions: 11 1/4 in. (28.575 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Patricia E. Kane, Ph.D. 1987, and W. Scott Braznell, Art.A. 1967, in honor of Thomas Minoru and Kiku Kubota, B.A. 1961, M.Arch 1971
Accession Number: 2002.133.2
Geography: Manufactured in St. Louis, Missouri, Designed in Chicago, Illinois
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Hardware
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Provenance

Given to the donors by Thomas Kubota.

Bibliography

"Acquisitions 2002," in "The Original Work of Art: What It Has to Teach," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2003), 136

Object copyright

Additional information

Marks

"Y&T" within a trefoil within a circle cast into back of escutcheon; number "420" cast into escutcheon above.

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