Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
"Marshall Field" built the largest department store in the world at the time, and his architect, Daniel Burnham, following Field's dictum of dazzling the customer with opulence, created a store unmatched in elegance. Influenced by the Florentine palazzi of the Renaissance, Beaux-Arts monumentalism, and the Chicago School, the exterior of Marshall Field's radiated a luxury that only hinted at the elegance inside. An extravagantly beautiful Louis Tiffany tesserae dome poured light onto all who entered; a soaring balcony allowed women to see and be seen. Field's was as close to a temple of commerce as any building has ever come.
First in a new series of books Pomegranate is publishing with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, Marshall Field's is a must for anyone who has ever been dazzled by Field and Burnham's creation.