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Chrysler Building Sconce
“I want you to have this thing, you’ll do something fun with it.” So far I’ve disappointed my friend Jo, who got this relic when she designed and ran the controversial and celebrated restoration of the Chrysler building lobby in … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Antique and Vintage Lighting, Architecture
Tagged Art Deco, Chrysler Building, Josephine Sokolski, New York City
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Rockland County Courthouse
I used a part of my lunch break while on Jury duty to explore the grounds of the Rockland County Courthouse, a limestone art deco structure dating to 1928. The main stair hall and foyer to the courtrooms are detailed … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Deco, New York Public Library, Rockland County Courthouse
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Last of the Neighbor’s Trash
Here’s I think, the last of the rich vein of design related news from that stash of drawings I found last month. There are a set of product designs, most, seemingly related to specific projects, one looks simply like a … Continue reading
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Tagged 30th Street Station Philadelphia, Art Deco, Art Moderne, Jack Colgan, Streamlined Design
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A group of original Sterling Bronze Company photos
A Florida family with a small group of photographs of lighting fixtures from the Sterling Bronze Co. found us online figuring we would have an interest in them. Indeed we did. I bought them and they arrived in the mail … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Antique and Vintage Lighting
Tagged Art Deco, Sterling Bronze Company
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