Wall Paneling & Wainscoting · Art Deco
Elevator Lobby, Appraisers Building, San Francisco
An elevator lobby in the Appraisers Building in San Francisco, photographed by Carol M. Highsmith, showing Moderne wall finishes, metal elevator doors and streamlined trim.
Design characteristics
Later federal buildings moved from the ornate early Art Deco style toward the smoother Streamline Moderne. This lobby shows that evolution: polished wall surfaces, flush metal elevator doors and crisp horizontal trim with very little ornament. It is a useful reference for anyone who likes the Deco era but prefers a cleaner look, especially for lobby-like entries, stair halls and paneled hallways.
Classification
- Style
- Art Deco
- Category
- Wall Paneling & Wainscoting
- Material
- Marble
- Motifs
- Fluting, Stepped ziggurat
- Photograph
- 2014
- Evidence
- Photograph of a documented interior or object
- Source
- Library of Congress
Architectural context
Stepped geometry, fluting and figured veneers. Europe and the United States · c. 1920–1940.
