Minneapolis Institute of Art

Ceiling light fixture

Designer: William Gray Purcell; Designer: George Grant Elmslie; Mosaic Art Shops (E.L. Sharretts)

Date

1913

Medium

Glass, zinc caming

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This light fixture was designed for the back porch of Purcell's own house (now the Purcell-Cutts House). The fixture was hung from the ceiling, parallel to the ceiling plane, below a recessed light well holding a single bulb. An identical fixture is still in place in the entrance hall of the house; a reproduction has been made for the porch. The round panel contains the V-shaped motifs Elmslie employed in many of his designs. United States, Americas

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