Marshall Field's (A Building Book). This item is unavailable.
Jay Pridmore; Chicago Architecture Foundation
Language: English
Published by Pomegranate, 2002
- Hardcover
- Used
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Condition: Used - Good
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- Title
- Marshall Field's (A Building Book)
- Author
- Jay Pridmore; Chicago Architecture Foundation
- Publisher
- Pomegranate
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0764920189
- ISBN 13
- 9780764920189
- Item weight
- 0.83 pounds
Influenced by the Florentine palazzi of the Renaissance, Beaux-Arts monumentalism, and the Chicago School, the exterior of Marshal Field's radiated a luxury that only hinted at the elegance inside. An extravagantly beautiful Louis Tiffany tesserae dome poured light onto all who entered; a soaring balcony allowed women to see and be seen. Field's was as close to a temple of commerce as any building has ever come.
Jay Pridmore is an architectural historian who has written widely about the people and ideas behind the building of Chicago. His 1993 book Chicago Architecture and Design, coauthored with George Larson, is one of the city's most popular books about local architecture.
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