Minneapolis Institute of Art

Section of a frieze

Designer: George Grant Elmslie; Manufacturer: American Terra Cotta and Ceramic Company

Date

1916

Medium

Polychromed glazed terra-cotta

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

These decorative terra-cotta tiles for the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Hector, Minnesota were designed by George Grant Elmslie in his own style of organic ornamentation, developed during twenty years as Louis Sullivan's chief draftsman. Stylized plant forms combined with geometric patterns, repeated throughout the facade, separate the brick lower level from the light stucco second story. This section was removed in 1970 when the bank was remodeled. United States, Americas

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