There is a design motif in the Gamble front door that is used throughout the house. It's simply a straight horizontal line that has a slight curve up and then continues on horizontally. It's of Japanese origin and is called the "Cloud Lift" design. You can see it in the upper frame of the stained glass panels of the front door.
The Greene brothers used the Cloud Lift design throughout the house, on doors, windows, lamps, carpets, furniture, picture frames, and elsewhere both in the interior and on the exterior of the house. It is clearly apparent on the lantern, where it does have a sense of a cumulus cloud "lifting."
The Greenes used lanterns like this all around the exterior of the house for lighting stairways, walkways, and entrances. Truly "useful & beautiful."
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