D.H. Burnham & Company
American, 1891-1912
Eaton's Department Store, Toronto, Canada, Perspective Study
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D.H. Burnham & Company
American, 1891-19121912
Eaton's Department Store, Toronto, Canada, Perspective Study
D.H. Burnham & Company American, 1891-1912 →20th Centurypresentation drawingarchitectural drawing
Date
1912
Medium
Graphite on tracing paper
Dimensions
121.5 × 83.5 cm (47 7/8 × 32 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by the Benefactors of Architecture Endowment Fund
With its origins in early 19th-century Europe, the department store in North America evolved into a major feature of the urban landscape. A pioneer in many areas, the architect Daniel Burnham created new spaces for successful department stores such as Marshall Field and Company in Chicago and T. Eaton Company in Toronto. With these buildings Burnham borrowed from religious, civic, and domestic architectures to present complete and fantastic interior worlds, with restaurants and lounges, monumental public atria, entertainment venues, and model-home interiors—all of which could be visited in a single day.
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