Object Details
- Designer
- René Paul Chambellan, American, 1893–1955
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Pair of gates, each a mirror image of the other; gate -1 with handle. Each gate with geometric decoration in two sections: a tall narrow rectangular section at outer left of gate -1, and outer right of -2, hinged to a larger trapezoidal section. The narrow rectangular sections with decoration of 14 irregularly-stacked cogwheels. The trapezoidal sections with radiating arcs, lightning bolt-like forms and zigzag lines emanating from lower inside corners; cogwheels, spirals, and other shapes interspersed along inside edges; bottom edges with segmented border depicting stacks of coins.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Marcy Chanin
- 1928
- Accession Number
- 1993-135-1,2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- metalwork
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Pair of Gates
- Type
- Pair of Gates
- Medium
- Wrought iron, bronze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (-1): 189.2 x 114.3 x 11.4cm (74 1/2 x 45 x 4 1/2 in.)
- H x W x D (-2): 189.2 x 114.3 x 11.4 cm (74 1/2 x 45 x 4 1/2 in.)
- made in
- New York, New York, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1993-135-1_2
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4fbae293c-6466-481b-a868-64cc5605851b
