20 Apr an intimate look john wellborn root-designed interior ironwork for burnham and root’s 1892 woman’s temple
an intimate look at john root-designed interior ornament for burnham and root’s woman’s temple (1892). the staircase, electroliers, and open-cage elevator surrounds were executed in cast and wrought iron with bronze electroplated finish by the winslow brothers, chicago, ills.
description of building and its ornament featured in winslow’s 1894 issue of “ornamental iron.”
the woman’s temple was smashed in 1926. nearly 13 years later, another burnham and root masterpiece, the 1892 masonic temple, which was also outfitted with equally stunning root-designed winslow brothers ornamental ironwork, was destroyed in 1939.
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