Elevator cars, elevator entrances : catalogue no. 56
In chromolithographs and line drawings, the Cleveland-based Tyler illustrates their opulent elevator entrances, lighting fixtures, paneling, ornamental friezes and pilasters, and ventilation grillework. Architect William Van Alen utilized Tyler technology to great effect: the Chrysler Building’s (1930) distinctive elevator doors are Metylwood, a patented Tyler product. The Museum’s collection also includes a full Tyler elevator car originally used at Rockefeller Center.
Artwork Details
- Title: Elevator cars, elevator entrances : catalogue no. 56
- Publisher: W.S. Tyler Company
- Printer: Bartlett-Orr Press (New York, NY)
- Date: 1927
- Geography: Cleveland, Ohio
- Dimensions: 195 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), samples ; Height: 11 7/16 in. (29 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Friends of the Thomas J. Watson Library
- Object Number: TJ1370 .T95 1927
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