City Chambers, West Elevation, Including Allegorical Frieze, Trades and Industries of Glasgow, Allegorical Female Figures and a Jubilee Pediment
City Chambers, West Elevation, Including Allegorical Frieze, Trades and Industries of Glasgow, Allegorical Female Figures and a Jubilee Pediment
City Chambers, West Elevation, Including Allegorical Frieze, Trades and Industries of Glasgow, Allegorical Female Figures and a Jubilee Pediment
City Chambers, West Elevation, Including Allegorical Frieze, Trades and Industries of Glasgow, Allegorical Female Figures and a Jubilee Pediment
City Chambers, West Elevation, Including Allegorical Frieze, Trades and Industries of Glasgow, Allegorical Female Figures and a Jubilee Pediment
City Chambers, West Elevation, Including Allegorical Frieze, Trades and Industries of Glasgow, Allegorical Female Figures and a Jubilee Pediment
City Chambers, West Elevation, Including Allegorical Frieze, Trades and Industries of Glasgow, Allegorical Female Figures and a Jubilee Pediment
City Chambers, West Elevation, Including Allegorical Frieze, Trades and Industries of Glasgow, Allegorical Female Figures and a Jubilee Pediment
City Chambers, West Elevation, Including Allegorical Frieze, Trades and Industries of Glasgow, Allegorical Female Figures and a Jubilee Pediment
City Chambers, West Elevation, Including Allegorical Frieze, Trades and Industries of Glasgow, Allegorical Female Figures and a Jubilee Pediment
City Chambers, West Elevation, Including Allegorical Frieze, Trades and Industries of Glasgow, Allegorical Female Figures and a Jubilee Pediment
City Chambers, West Elevation, Including Allegorical Frieze, Trades and Industries of Glasgow, Allegorical Female Figures and a Jubilee Pediment
City Chambers, West Elevation, Including Allegorical Frieze, Trades and Industries of Glasgow, Allegorical Female Figures and a Jubilee Pediment
City Chambers, West Elevation, Including Allegorical Frieze, Trades and Industries of Glasgow, Allegorical Female Figures and a Jubilee Pediment
City Chambers, West Elevation, Including Allegorical Frieze, Trades and Industries of Glasgow, Allegorical Female Figures and a Jubilee Pediment

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A very extensive series of sculptures decorating the west face of the building, including a frieze to the ground floor, illustrated spandrels (spaces between the shoulders of adjoining arches), allegorical figures as seated statues, an illustrated pediment, caryatids (sculpted female figures serving as an architectural support) and other decoration.
Title

City Chambers, West Elevation, Including Allegorical Frieze, Trades and Industries of Glasgow, Allegorical Female Figures and a Jubilee Pediment

Date

1883–1889

Medium

Binnie, Polmaise & Dumore sandstone

Accession number

G2_GB_S015

Work type

Building

Owner

Glasgow City Council

Custodian

Glasgow City Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

A (Scotland)

Unveiling date

1888

Access

at all times

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Located at

George Square, Glasgow

G2 8DS