Decoration in the Architecture of the Turn of the Century (not our century)

This is the opera house.

The light fixtures are sheet music.  The lights are the notes!

This is terracotta.  Remember after the fire they were crazy over terracotta because it wouldn't burn.

These people were crazy over decoration.  Root was the artist in the firm of Burnham & Root.




This is the Tiffany ceiling inside of Marshall Field's. 

Look up! Look up!  All inside of Marshall Field's.