{"product_id":"historically-important-solid-bronze-victorian-era-floor-grille-or-grate-salvaged-from-henry-ives-cobb-s-chicago-historical-society-building","title":"historically important solid bronze victorian-era floor grille or grate salvaged from henry ives cobb's chicago historical society building","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eseldom seen interior view of henry ives cobb's richardsonian romanesque chicago historical society building, completed in 1892.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003ethe historical society occupied the building until 1931, when it relocated to lincoln park. from 1946-1956 the building was used by the institute of design. the louis sullivan exhibit was held there in 1954 (second image).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003ethe building's interior ornament was stripped away over the years by subsequent tenants.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003ethe cast bronze floor grille (last image) was salvaged from the first floor near the entrance during one of many renovations. you can see the floor grate in situ in the bottom right corner of second image (i.e., entrance to sullivan exhibit)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eit's pretty worn from foot traffic, so i can't help but think how many times moholy-nagy, callahan, siskind, nickel, etc., walked across it every day.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003ethe building's ornamental louvered floor and wall registers were fabricated by the tuttle and bailey company, chicago, ills.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"\u003e\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eimages courtesy of ryerson and burnham, art institute of chicago and bldg. 51 archive.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50673054548266,"sku":"UR-34792-23","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0959\/7075\/4858\/files\/20231109-4v0a0013.jpg?v=1760488635","url":"https:\/\/urbanremainschicago.com\/products\/historically-important-solid-bronze-victorian-era-floor-grille-or-grate-salvaged-from-henry-ives-cobb-s-chicago-historical-society-building","provider":"Urban Remains Chicago","version":"1.0","type":"link"}