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Art Deco: Geometric Designs
Use of angular shapes, chevrons, zig-zags and lightning bolts.
Jean Luce ceramics shop, Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris 1925
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SOURCE: L.-P. Sezille. Devantures de boutiques (Paris, 1927), pl. 3
Fabric shop called Impressions Paul Dumas, Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris 1925
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SOURCE: L.-P. Sezille. Devantures de boutiques (Paris, 1927), pl. 25 bottom
Woven fabric
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SOURCE: M. P. Verneuil. Etoffes & tapis etrangers : Exposition des Arts Decoratifs, Paris 1925 (Paris, 1925), pl. 20
Bedroom for a young girl, Ambassade Francaise, Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris 1925
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SOURCE: Une Ambassade Francaise (Paris, 1925), pl. XXVI NOTES: The Ambassade Francaise was organised by the Societe des Artistes Decorateurs and consisted of twenty-five rooms arranged around a three-sided court.
Hall / winter garden, Ambassade Francaise, Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris 1925
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SOURCE: Une Ambassade Francaise (Paris, 1925), pl. XLVI NOTES: The Ambassade Francaise was organised by the Societe des Artistes Decorateurs for the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris 1925, and consisted of twenty-five rooms arranged around a three-sided court.
Stair carpet design for a housing scheme, Berlin-Lankwitz: orange colourway
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NOTES: This design dates from 1928-1931.
Lerryn, Convent Road, North Foreland, Kingsgate, Kent: close-up of the curved stone staircase
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NOTES: This house has been demolished.
Design for an entrance hall in an embassy
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SOURCE: Jean Badovici. Interieurs francais (Paris, 1925), pl. 9
Strand Palace Hotel, Westminster, London: the entrance foyer and steps
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NOTES: The Art Deco foyer shown here was by Oliver Bernard. It was replaced in 1969-1970 by Dennis Lennon & Partners, although some features were salvaged and acquired by the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Design for the river front of St Olaf House, Hay's Wharf, Tooley Street, Southwark, London
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NOTES: This head office building was commissioned by the Proprietors of Hay's Wharf, pioneers of cold storage, who controlled almost all the wharves on the South Bank between Tower Bridge and London Bridge from 1710-1969. The wharves closed in 1969 and the wharf buildings were eventually converted into a multi-purpose complex called the Hay's Galleria which opened in 1987. Goodhart-Rendel's building became the Consulting and Administration rooms for the London Bridge Hospital which opened in 1986.
St Olaf House, Hay's Wharf, Tooley Street, Southwark, London: detail of the staircase and handrail
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NOTES: This head office building was commissioned by the Proprietors of Hay's Wharf, pioneers of cold storage, who controlled almost all the wharves on the South Bank between Tower Bridge and London Bridge from 1710-1969. The wharves closed in 1969 and the wharf buildings were eventually converted into a multi-purpose complex called the Hay's Galleria which opened in 1987. Goodhart-Rendel's building became the Consulting and Administration rooms for the London Bridge Hospital which opened in 1986.