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Thomas W. Lamb (American, born Scotland, 1871–1942). <em>Grille</em>, ca. 1932. Aluminum, 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Copoulos, 2009.75. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, CUR.2009.75_in_situ1.jpg)
Thomas W. Lamb (American, born Scotland, 1871–1942). Grille, ca. 1932. Aluminum, 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Copoulos, 2009.75. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, CUR.2009.75_in_situ1.jpg)
Thomas W. Lamb (American, born Scotland, 1871–1942). <em>Grille</em>, ca. 1932. Aluminum, 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Copoulos, 2009.75. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, CUR.2009.75_documentation_Loews_Grand_Theatre_Atlanta_Georgia.jpg)

Thomas W. Lamb (American, born Scotland, 1871–1942). Grille, ca. 1932. Aluminum, 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Copoulos, 2009.75. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, CUR.2009.75_documentation_Loews_Grand_Theatre_Atlanta_Georgia.jpg)

Thomas W. Lamb (American, born Scotland, 1871–1942). <em>Grille</em>, ca. 1932. Aluminum, 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Copoulos, 2009.75. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, CUR.2009.75_in_situ1.jpg)

Thomas W. Lamb (American, born Scotland, 1871–1942). Grille, ca. 1932. Aluminum, 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Copoulos, 2009.75. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, CUR.2009.75_in_situ1.jpg)

Thomas W. Lamb (American, born Scotland, 1871–1942). <em>Grille</em>, ca. 1932. Aluminum, 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Copoulos, 2009.75. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, CUR.2009.75_in_situ2.jpg)

Thomas W. Lamb (American, born Scotland, 1871–1942). Grille, ca. 1932. Aluminum, 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Copoulos, 2009.75. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, CUR.2009.75_in_situ2.jpg)

Thomas W. Lamb (American, born Scotland, 1871–1942). <em>Grille</em>, ca. 1932. Aluminum, 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Copoulos, 2009.75. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2009.75.jpg)

Thomas W. Lamb (American, born Scotland, 1871–1942). Grille, ca. 1932. Aluminum, 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Copoulos, 2009.75. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2009.75.jpg)

Thomas W. Lamb (American, born Scotland, 1871–1942). <em>Grille</em>, ca. 1932. Aluminum, 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Copoulos, 2009.75. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.75_PS9.jpg)

Thomas W. Lamb (American, born Scotland, 1871–1942). Grille, ca. 1932. Aluminum, 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Copoulos, 2009.75. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.75_PS9.jpg)

Thomas W. Lamb (American, born Scotland, 1871–1942). <em>Grille</em>, ca. 1932. Aluminum, 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Copoulos, 2009.75. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, CUR.2009.75_documentation_Loews_Grand_Theatre_Atlanta_Georgia_1939.jpg)

Thomas W. Lamb (American, born Scotland, 1871–1942). Grille, ca. 1932. Aluminum, 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Copoulos, 2009.75. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, CUR.2009.75_documentation_Loews_Grand_Theatre_Atlanta_Georgia_1939.jpg)

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Grille

Decorative Arts and Design

This cast aluminum ventilation cover is one of several from the main lobby of the Loew’s Grand Theater in Atlanta. After purchasing the building (originally built in 1893 as DeGive’s Grand Opera House) in the early 1930s, the Loew’s theater chain renovated the theater in the most up-to-date fashion according to designs by architect Thomas W. Lamb, one of the leading designers of American movie palaces. In 1939 the theater gained national renown as the site of the premiere of the film Gone with the Wind. When the building burned in 1978, architectural elements such as this were salvaged and sold. The donor purchased this grille on the demolition site.
DESIGNER Thomas W. Lamb, American, born Scotland, 1871–1942
MEDIUM Aluminum
DATES ca. 1932
DIMENSIONS 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS Unmarked
COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER 2009.75
CREDIT LINE Gift of John C. Copoulos
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Thomas W. Lamb (American, born Scotland, 1871–1942). Grille, ca. 1932. Aluminum, 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Copoulos, 2009.75. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, CUR.2009.75_in_situ1.jpg)
IMAGE in situ, Detail of entrance lobby, Loew?s Grand Theater, Atlanta., CUR.2009.75_in_situ1.jpg. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library
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Thomas W. Lamb (American, born Scotland, 1871–1942). <em>Grille</em>, ca. 1932. Aluminum, 20 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 1/2 in. (51 x 110.6 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John C. Copoulos, 2009.75. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, CUR.2009.75_in_situ1.jpg)

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