Floor Tiles from the Mecca Apartment Building, Chicago, Illinois

Provenance

Originally part of the Mecca Apartment Building, Chicago (built 1892; demolished 1952); excavated by the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 2018; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.

Floor Tiles from the Mecca Apartment Building, Chicago, Illinois

Edbrooke and Burnham

1891-92 (demolished about 1951)

Accession Number

248269

Medium

Ceramic

Dimensions

61.1 × 469 × 4.5 cm (24 1/4 × 18 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)

Classification

architectural fragment

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Illinois Institute of Technology