[Model for an architectural element with grotesque motif, ca. 1920]

Permanent Link:

http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FWDU100630/00001

Material Information

Title:

[Model for an architectural element with grotesque motif, ca. 1920]

Creator:

Krop, Hildo 1884-1970, designer. ( Contributor )
Eerste Steenwijksche Kunst-Aardewerkfabriek, manufacturer [attributed]. ( Contributor )

Publication Date:

1920

Physical Description:

Architectural elements

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:

Architectural elements--Netherlands--1910-1930
Architecture--Details
Decorative arts--Netherlands
Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Europe
Terra-cotta--1910-1930
Terra-cotta figurines--Netherlands
Grotesque in architecture
Gargoyles--Netherlands--1910-1930

Notes

Abstract:

Multi-colored gloss glazed, rectangular shaped, hollow terra cotta block with a yellow grotesque (half human, half beast) holding a black bird sculptural motif at one end and zigzag pattern on each side of block; designed to be built into a wall, a prototype which was never put into production.

Additional Physical Form:

Ceramic

Record Information

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Holding Location:

Wolfsonian-FIU Museum

Rights Management:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Resource Identifier:

FWDU100630

dpSobek Membership

Aggregations:

Wolfsonian-FIU Museum
Wolfsonian's-FIU Collection of Modern Dutch Artifacts