{"product_id":"extraordinary-early-20th-century-richly-organic-red-slip-glaze-chicago-school-terra-cotta-urn","title":"extraordinary early 20th century richly organic red slip glaze chicago school terra cotta urn","description":"very unique and highly stylized c. 1900-15 richly organic terra cotta urn retaining the original and largely uniform red slip glaze. the remarkable chicago school \"sullivanesque\" urn was designed by notable american architect george grant elmslie. unidentified commission. the intricately designed foliage and geometric designs are typical of elmslie's work. likely fabricated by the american terra cotta company. george grant elmslie was a prairie school architect whose work is mostly found in the midwestern united states. he worked with louis sullivan and later with william gray purcell. the architectural practice most widely known as purcell \u0026amp; elmslie consisted of three partnerships. the first, purcell \u0026amp; feick, was created at minneapolis, minnesota, in 1907 between purcell and his cornell school of architecture classmate, george feick, jr. george elmslie and purcell had been friends since 1903, when purcell worked for a short while in the office of louis sullivan, and elmslie was an informal influence in the work of purcell \u0026amp; feick. in 1909, elmslie joined the office in minneapolis, minnesota, and the name of the firm changed to purcell, feick, \u0026amp; elmslie in 1910. feick left the partnership in 1912, and the name of the practice became purcell \u0026amp; elmslie until being dissolved in 1921. over the course of the partnership, purcell \u0026amp; elmslie became one of the most commissioned firms among the prairie school architects, second only to frank lloyd wright. following the dissolution of his partnership with purcell, elmslie worked occasionally with various other architects, including lawrence a. fournier, william s. hutton, hermann v. von holst and william eugene drummond, and produced a number of banks, train stations, commercial, and institutional buildings during the 1920's and 1930's. measures 32 inches in diameter. call for price.","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669101809962,"sku":"UR-8816-10","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0959\/7075\/4858\/files\/20101214-elms_2.jpg?v=1759978582","url":"https:\/\/urbanremainschicago.com\/products\/extraordinary-early-20th-century-richly-organic-red-slip-glaze-chicago-school-terra-cotta-urn","provider":"Urban Remains Chicago","version":"1.0","type":"link"}