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1927	Work on this object began.
1939	Work on this object ended.
1941	We acquired this object.
2012	We photographed this object.
2014	We exhibited this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2017	We exhibited this object.
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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.

A black cast-iron balcony railing with two symmetrical, ornamental panels. Two sinuous, curving bars of iron drop down from the center top of each panel and curve into a looping, oblong design towards the bottom, joined by two additional curving bars that snake towards the center bottom from each side of each panel.

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

Schlesinger and Mayer Department Store Balustrade Panels
cast iron.
Gift of Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company.
1974-13-1-a,b

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Dining Chair, 1925
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.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2D9fk/
Accession Number 1941-38-1
Object ID 18563383