Balustrade Medallion from Entrance to Paris Subway
Object Details
- Designer
- Hector Guimard, (French, 1867–1942)
- Foundry
- Val d'Osne Foundry, French, 1836 - 1931
- Description
- Green painted cast iron, shield-shaped medallion from the balustrade of an entrance into the Paris Metro, ornate openwork floral and whiplash motif.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Harry C. Sigman
- 1900
- Accession Number
- 2013-21-6
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- metalwork
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- medallion
- Type
- medallion
- Medium
- cast iron, paint
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 73.7 × 61 × 7.9 cm (29 in. × 24 in. × 3 1/8 in.)
- Weight: 32.2 kg (71 lb.)
- designed in
- Paris, France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_2013-21-6
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4db0bbe8d-804e-48d6-b515-f1fd0ee80e97
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