attributed Adler & Sullivan, Elevator Frieze Panel from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building

Circa 1890s, cast iron, designed by decorated in Arts & Crafts foliate and geometric tracery designs, unsigned.

17.75 x 44 in.

For a similar example, please see the Art Institute of Chicago collection, reference no. 1991.608.

The Chicago Stock Exchange was originally built by architects Louis H. Sullivan (American, 1856-1924) and Dankmar Adler (American, born Germany, 1844-1900). It was a landmark Arts & Crafts commercial building built in 1893-1894, having 13 stories and 480 offices, and was their largest commission after their landmark Romanesque style Auditorium Building (1889). The Stock Exchange Building was demolished in 1972.

Surface rust; otherwise good structural condition; no supporting documents of provenance included.

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