Louis Sullivan’s designs stand—among stiff competition—as the preeminent exemplars of Chicago School architecture. He brought to his practice a conviction that ornamentation should arise naturally from a building's overall design, restating, in a large or small way, themes expressed in the structure as a whole. The designs adapted for this notecard assortment combine Art Nouveau complexity with geometric elegance, and in doing so epitomize the Sullivan sensibility.
The shapes of the illustrations are embossed on high-quality recycled paper. Contains three each of the following notecards:
- Adaptation from ornamental medallion on Schlesinger & Mayer (now Carson Pirie Scott) department store
- 1899/1904 Adaptation from ornamental detail on Auditorium Building
- 1887–1889 Adaptation from ornamental grillwork on Schlesinger & Mayer (now Carson Pirie Scott) department store
- 1899/1904 Adaptation from ornamental detail on Getty Tomb in Graceland Cemetery, 1890
Details
12 assorted cream-colored embossed notecards (3 each of 4 designs) with envelopes in a decorative box
Produced using high-quality uncoated recycled paper
Dimensions of box: 5.375 x 6.875 inches
Dimensions of cards: 4.75 x 6 inches
