Louis Sullivan Designs Embossed Boxed Notecard Assortment

Louis Sullivan’s designs stand—among stiff competition—as the preeminent exemplars of Chicago School architecture. He brought to his practice a conviction that ornamentation should arise naturally from a building’s overall design. restating. in a large or small way. themes expressed in the structure as a whole.The designs adapted for this notecard assortment combine Art Nouveau complexity with geometric elegance. and in doing so epitomize the Sullivan sensibility.Please note: the images are not printed with ink. The shapes of the illustrations are embossed on high-quality recycled paper.Contains three each of the following notecards:Adaptation from ornamental medallion on Schlesinger & Mayer (now Carson Pirie Scott) department store. 1899/1904Adaptation from ornamental detail on Auditorium Building. 1887–1889Adaptation from ornamental grillwork on Schlesinger & Mayer (now Carson Pirie Scott) department store. 1899/1904Adaptation from ornamental detail on Getty Tomb. 1890