David Lewinsohn House, Chicago, Illinois, Dining Room Elevations and Details
Medium
Ink on linen
Dimensions
46.5 × 91 cm (18 5/16 × 35 13/16 in.)
Classification
working drawing
Department
Architecture and Design
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
236918
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of Gilded Age Chicago with Fritz Frederick L. Foltz's *David Lewinsohn House,, Illinois, Dining Roomations and Details* (1898). This meticulous working drawing, rendered in ink on linen, showcases elevations and intricate details for the dining room of a prominent residence commissioned by David Lewinsohn. Measuring 46.5 × 91 cm, it in the Art Institute of's Architecture and Design collection, offering a window into the era's architectural precision. Created amid Chicago's post-Great Fire building boom, the drawing reflects the city's ascent as an architectural pow...