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Study For A Balustrade (USA)
This is a Study for a balustrade. It was made by Samuel Yellin. It is dated late 1920s-early 1930s and we acquired it in 1941. Its medium is wrought iron. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This study for a balustrade shows how Yellin, a collector of antique metalwork, modernized traditional designs.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Richard Irvin.
- Balcony Balustrade, Model GI Railing
- cast iron.
- Museum purchase from the Members' Acquisitions Fund of Cooper-Hewitt,....
- 2011-28-1
- Chanin Building Gate
- wrought iron, bronze.
- Gift of Marcy Chanin.
- 1993-135-1-a/d
- Schlesinger and Mayer Department Store Balustrade Panels
- cast iron.
- Gift of Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company.
- 1974-13-1-a,b
Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Drawing, Dining Room Wall Elevation, Agnes Miles Carpenter Residence, 950...
- graphite, blue crayon on tracing paper.
- Gift of the Estate of Agnes M. Carpenter.
- 1958-133-2
- Fire Screen
- wrought iron.
- Courtesy of Leeds Art Foundation.
- 39.2016.1
- Dining Chair
- bird's-eye maple, upholstery.
- Collection of John C. Waddell.
- 53.2016.9
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 89 x 56 x 6 cm (35 1/16 x 22 1/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Cite this object as
Study For A Balustrade (USA); Made by Samuel Yellin (American, born Russia, 1884–1940); wrought iron; H x W x D: 89 x 56 x 6 cm (35 1/16 x 22 1/16 x 2 3/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Richard Irvin; 1941-38-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s and Hewitt Sisters Collect.
