Baluster from the Guaranty Building, Buffalo, New York

Designed by Louis Henry Sullivan American
 Manufactured by Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company American
 Dankmar Adler American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 701

The Guaranty Building has the most highly ornamented exterior of any structure by Adler and Sullivan. The entire twelve-story building is clad in terracotta, which is intricately embellished with leafy designs and oval- and diamond-shaped motifs. The interior is just as highly ornamented. Our staircase baluster reveals Sullivan at the height of his creative powers; the winding, curling tendrils anticipate the arrival of the Art Nouveau style from Europe.

Baluster from the Guaranty Building, Buffalo, New York, Designed by Louis Henry Sullivan (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1856–1924 Chicago, Illinois), Bronze-plated cast iron, American

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