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Object Description
| Brief description | Four boards with iron and brass hardware samples, Cyril Colnik, Milwaukee, late nineteenth or early twentieth century. |
| Object name | Hardware |
| Alternate object name | Sample board; Doorknob; Door plate; Hinge; Boss |
| Maker | Colnik, Cyril, 1871-1958 |
| Date | 1893-1955 |
| Original location | Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
| Current location | Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
| Description | Four oak boards mounted with iron and brass hardware, including doorknobs, door plates, hinges, and decorative bosses. The first example is a tall, narrow board with a wrought iron hook and four large, elaborate door handles--three in wrought iron and one in nickelplate. The second example features cast and wrought brass decorative elements in a variety of shapes, including an urn and a leafy vine with grapes. The third board contains an assortment of floral bosses cast in brass. The final example includes wrought iron and cast brass hinges, door knockers and door plates. |
| History | Trained in Vienna and Munich, master metalworker Cyril Colnik settled in Milwaukee in 1893, where he created decorative wrought iron work for dozens of homes and public buildings until his retirement in 1955. He also designed vases, candlesticks, door hardware, and other ornamental wares in a variety of styles. The Colnik Collection of the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum includes more than 200 examples of Colnik's work donated to the museum by his daughter Gretchen Colnik in 1991. The Villa Terrace is also home to the Colnik Archive, an extensive collection of original drawings, blueprints and photographs donated by the Kohler Foundation in 2002. |
| Sources | Bertha Kitchell Whyte, Craftsmen of Wisconsin (Racine, WI: Western Publishing Co., 1971); Virginia Jones Maher, "The Wrought Iron Artistry of Cyril Colnik" Wisconsin Academy Review 44, no. 3 (1998) (available online via the State of Wisconsin Collection): http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/wiacrev/index.html A brief biography of Colnik is available from the Wisconsin Historical Society's Dictionary of Wisconsin History: http://wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=14917 |
| Owner | Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum |
| Rights | © 2008 by the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum. Contact the owner for more information. http://www.cavtmuseums.org |
| Digital collection | Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database |
| Digital identifier | VT046 |
| Digital format | XML |
| Type | Physical object |
| Keywords | Metalwork; Hardware (component); Component (object); Building Component |
| Date digitized | 2008-06-26 |
| Date modified | 2009-02-25 |
Description
| Object name | Board with door hardware: full view |
| Dimensions | 46 3/4"H x 10 1/4"W |
| Materials and techniques | Wrought iron, brass, and nickelplate on oak board |
| Object # | VT1992.62 |
| Rights | © 2008 by the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum. Contact the owner for more information. http://www.cavtmuseums.org |
| Digital collection | Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database |
| Digital identifier | VT046a |
| Digital format | image/jpeg |
| Type | Physical object |
| Date digitized | 2008-06-26 |
| Date modified | 2011-02-21 |
