Draperies, curtains

NOTES: 45 Berkeley Square is a Grade I town house by Henry Flitcroft with a very fine interior. The first-floor drawing rooms were redecorated in 1763-1767 by Sir William Chambers for Clive of India. These images were commissioned by the Whinney-Mackay Lewis Partnership for a proposed refurbishment. See RIBA118851 for a colour version of this image.

NOTES: 45 Berkeley Square is a Grade I town house by Henry Flitcroft with a very fine interior. The first-floor drawing rooms were redecorated in 1763-1767 by Sir William Chambers for Clive of India. These images were commissioned by the Whinney-Mackay Lewis Partnership for a proposed refurbishment. See RIBA118835 for a black and white version of this image.

NOTES: The pier casings are in Perrycot stone and the carved reliefs depict 'Man and his building through the ages'. The majority of the buildings shown were drawn from Sir Banister Fletcher's 'History of Architecture'.

NOTES: The building was designed by Michael Rosenauer with Hugh Casson and Misha Black amongst others, responsible for the interiors. The 20 ft high curtains are designed by F. H. K. Henrion, based on an old engraving. The decorative panels applied to the stair handrail seen in the foreground are by R. Y. Gooden and Ellis Miles. The armchairs and magazine tables are by R. D. Rusell and the lamp shade by Misha Black.

NOTES: The building was designed by Michael Rosenauer with Hugh Casson and Misha Black amongst others, responsible for the interiors. The reception desk and chair is by R. D. Russell and the curtain seen behind is by F. H. K. Henrion.

NOTES: The building was designed by Michael Rosenauer with Hugh Casson and Misha Black amongst others, responsible for the interiors. The curtains shown here are by Edward Bawden and the general spaces designed by Alexander Gibson.

NOTES: Built on the site of the former Lincoln & Nolan's car-assembly plant, the original two-block complex was extended by a third building in 1973-1975. The curtain wall of bronze-tinted, sun-resistant glass was manufactured by Smith & Pearson in Dublin.

NOTES: There are drawings for each wall of the room and a design for the ceiling.

NOTES: A portiere is a curtain over a door or over the entrance to a room without a door.

NOTES: Building was originally by Charles Dyer 1839-1841: in 1856-1857 was extended east on to Dowgate Hill by D. A. Cobbett. The first-floor Court Room seen here was refurbished in the 20th century, with a chocolate-brown colour scheme by Cadbury Brown of 1990 and curtains by Eduardo Paolozzi. See RIBA146189 for a colour version of this image.

NOTES: Building was originally by Charles Dyer 1839-1841: in 1856-1857 was extended east on to Dowgate Hill by D. A. Cobbett. The first-floor Court Room seen here was refurbished in the 20th century, with a chocolate-brown colour scheme by Cadbury Brown of 1990 and curtains by Eduardo Paolozzi. See RIBA146192 for a colour version of this image.