from the West Side Highway in
New York City,
~ I present ~
Seal of New York 1664 Nr 1664
Cast by Randall
In the late 1920s, the Art Commission of the City of New York commissioned Rene Paul Chambellan (1893-1955), a well known sculptor and architect, to produce models for cast iron replicas of five City Seals from different eras in New York City history. The seals were used as decorative detail on the walls of the elevated West Side Highway, which opened in 1937 and ran from Canal Street to 72nd Street.
The "Seal of the Province of New York" was adopted in 1669, five years after the Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British. The British renamed the city "New York" for James, Duke of York, to whom the province had been granted by King Charles II. At the center of the seal is the coat of arms of the house of Stuart. The words encircling the coat of arms are the motto of the Order of the Garter, the highest order of British knighthood, and translate "Evil to him who evil thinks." The words along the exterior translate as "Seal of the Province of New York." The word "EBORAC" is Latin for "York," meaning "place at the water." The "Seal of the City of New York," was officially adopted in 1915.
Note that the terracotta is ONLY available in brick red and ONLY on a limited selection- the designs in the TERRACOTTA category, not to be confused with the red terracotta FINISH! which is on cast-stone only.
Prices include shipping and are shown on each sculpture on the CART PAGES.
I use FEDEX ground service for all shipments in the lower 48 states. I do not ship outside the USA.
If you are looking for something for the garden or to build into a wall, I offer a growing number of hand-pressed, kiln fired red terracotta works. for many reasons, concrete is no longer available.
All of my interior sculptures have a heavy wire embedded on the back to hang them on the wall.
These hand sculpted models are created from scratch by Randall in water based clay, and typically take an average of 20-30 hours to set up, layout and sculpt each master model.
When the clay master models are finished, they are permanently captured with silicone mold compounds which can pick up even a fingerprint and faithfully transfer it to a cast made in it. From the molds, interior cast-stone as well as a growing number of kiln fired terracotta sculptures are made available for clients to purchase.
Existing savaged pieces are limited to what happens to be for sale at high prices, often damaged, rarely found in pairs and being typically large in scale (meant to be seen from the street from 5 floors below) they are difficult to display in today's smaller homes and apartments. Instead of making molds of these pieces, Randall creates new original models based on authentic 19th century and early 20th century Victorian, Art Deco and Louis Sullivan style architectural sculptures. While I do have a small number of older designs directly molded from antique pieces, these are being phased out over time as I create my own original models.
By no means! keep in mind- your walls weigh thousands of pounds and support the roof. HOWEVER- do not use plastic or self adhesive picture hangars of any kind, or try to simply put a screw into the thin sheetrock-these will not hold, and are not designed to.
Install your mounting hooks or other hangars into the solid wood STUD inside the wall, these are spaced 16" apart. You should use an anchor rated to hold at least twice the shipping weight of the sculpture.
To show what a sheetrock wall can hold, here is a photo of two shelves I installed on my bedroom wall for original sculptures that I couldn't mount any other way, the brackets are screwed into the wall studs with 3" screws. The weight for the stone and terra-cotta shown-the top shelf; 175# and 125# for the lower shelf- 300# total.
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Prices Revised Dec 24th, 2013
