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Elevator cab

1935
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Elevator cab
  • Designer: Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray (American)
  • Designer: Hood & Fouilhoux (American)
  • Designer: Reinhard & Hofmeister (American)
  • Manufacturer: Mr. and Mrs. S.E. Barnette
  • Manufacturer: W. S. Tyler Cab Co.
  • Date: 1935
  • Medium: Spanish elm ("Camaletta" wood) and metal (copper, zinc, nickel alloy) on steel
  • Dimensions: exterior (taken from platform after removal of cab): W. 84, D. 72 inches
    (7 x 6 feet; 213.4 x 182.9 cm.)

    interior:
    H. 97 inches
    (8 feet 1 inch; 246.4 cm.)
    W. 80 inches
    (6 feet 8 inch; 203.2 cm.)
    D. to front wall 61 inches
    (5 feet 1 inch; 154.9 cm.);
    to exterior of doorway 67 inches
    (5 feet, 7 inches; 170.2 cm.)

    doorway:
    H. 84 inches (7 feet; 213.4 cm.)
    W. 48 inches (4 feet; 121.9 cm.)


  • Classification: Woodwork-Architectural
  • Credit Line: Gift of Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Rockefeller Center Inc., 1979
  • Object Number: 1979.110a-j
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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