Roycroft , Book Ends #301, early mark; copper with brass wash, 5 3/16 x 3 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches; The Charles Rand Penney Roycroft Collection at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, 1994
The varying ceiling heights in the Burchfield Penney lobby were inspired by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who often used this signature element in the Prairie houses he designed-including the nearby Darwin D. Martin House.
