Bronze rosette from the Home Life Insurance building
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1884
- Description
A rosette, or circular building decoration, made of green tinted bronze. Center is shaped like a flower with two layers of petals; sixteen long sunbeams extend from behind the centerpiece.
- Creator
Jenney, William LeBaron, 1832-1907 (designer)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Visual works (works)
Metalwork (visual works)
Architectural ornament
Bronzes (visual works)
Ornaments
Home Insurance Building (Chicago, Ill.)
Chicago School of Architecture - Location
- United States
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Diameter Outside: (26 in)Bronze (metal)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Jenney, William LeBaron, 1832-1907 (designer). Bronze rosette from the Home Life Insurance building. 1884. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1654. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Jenney, William LeBaron, 1832-1907 (designer), (1884) Bronze rosette from the Home Life Insurance building. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1654
- MLA citation style
- Jenney, William LeBaron, 1832-1907 (designer). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1654>.