A Cyril Colnik Wrought Iron Six-Piece Grille from the William Bigelow House
Sale 1086 - European Furniture & Decorative Arts
Oct 18, 2022
11:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$5,625
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Lot Description
A Cyril Colnik Wrought Iron Six-Piece Grille from the William Bigelow House
Milwaukee, 1904
Largest section: 65 3/4 x 39 1/2 inches.
Property from the Collection of Zimmerman Design Consultants, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Note:
Cyril Colnik was an Austrian immigrant who came to the United States in 1893 to help the German government with their World's Fair exhibits. He found many commissions among Milwaukee's German elite, including Frederick Pabst, who had built fortunes as industrialists and merchants. The William Bigelow house, built in 1904 in the English Tudor style at 1522 North Prospect Avenue, was designed by Architect Alexander Eschweiler. Eschweiler engaged Colnik to produce grilles for the house's entrance door and surrounding windows. The grilles were removed in the early 1960s before the house was razed.
Published:
Thomas Wilson, The Ironwork of Cyril Colnik: Milwaukee's World-Class Master of Wrought Iron, Phoenix on Fire Publishing Company, 2011
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