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Radiator grille sample for the State Street Trust Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Samuel Yellin (American (born in Ukraine), 1884 – 1940)
1925–26
Object Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Medium/Technique
Wrought iron
Dimensions
Overall: 40.6 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm (16 x 12 1/2 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation
Accession Number2008.1597
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsMetalwork
DescriptionRectangular frame with a smaller rectangle inside surrounding a composition of intersecting lines. All verticals and horizontals have spirals of iron peeling off to create a curving contrast to the rectilinear composition.
Provenance1925-26, made and owned by Samuel Yellin Metalworkers Company, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; 2007, purchased by Bruce Barnes of the American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, New York, New York from Samuel Yellin Metalworkers Co.); 2008, given by Bruce Barnes to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 21, 2009)