installation of gage building's recreated terra cotta cartouche underway
This entry was posted on September 7 2017 by Eric
for the first time in several months, i looked up at the gage building's brick cavity - where one of the two louis h. sullivan-designed terra cotta cartouches had resided since 1901 - to see a single piece (identified as "ct5l" on the graphic below) of the recreated cartouche mounted securely in place.
i'm still saddened that original cartouche could not be repaired and reinstalled, but the fact that the eyesore brick cavity is now being filled in with the ornament needed for reconstituting the well-executed replica cartouche softens the blow. the very next day, i returned just in time to see an additional unit (i.e., "ct6l") be installed just left of the first piece. i spent a few extra minutes taking additional images before the ornament was concealed by the suspended steel working platform. it's likely the platform contained additional pieces of recreated sullivan ornament, so i will pay a visit after leaving the shop later in the afternoon to document any and all additional work.
photograph courtesy of eric j. nordstrom, bldg. 51 museum archive, 2017.
photograph courtesy of eric j. nordstrom, bldg. 51 museum archive, 2017.
photograph courtesy of eric j. nordstrom, bldg. 51 museum archive, 2017.
8-29-2017:
section "ct5l" kicks of the installation of the faithfully reproduced terra cotta cartouche. photograph courtesy of eric j. nordstrom, bldg. 51 museum archive, 2017.
photograph courtesy of eric j. nordstrom, bldg. 51 museum archive, 2017.
photograph courtesy of eric j. nordstrom, bldg. 51 museum archive, 2017.
8-30-2017:
"ct6l" added. photograph courtesy of eric j. nordstrom, bldg. 51 museum archive, 2017.
close-up of "ct5l" and ct6l." photograph courtesy of eric j. nordstrom, bldg. 51 museum archive, 2017.
partially installed cartouche and surrounding brick cavity taken later in the afternoon under different lighting conditions. photograph courtesy of eric j. nordstrom, bldg. 51 museum archive, 2017.
left side of the original cartouche on the south side of the building's facade. one can carefully examine the original segments compared to the two recreated segments in previous images. photograph courtesy of eric j. nordstrom, bldg. 51 museum archive, 2017.
This entry was posted in , Miscellaneous, Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts & Bldg. 51 Feed on September 7 2017 by Eric
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