Interior Doorway Ornament, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Monroe, Louisiana
An Art Deco interior doorway in the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Monroe, Louisiana, with a decorative panel above the door, photographed by Carol M. Highsmith.
Design characteristics
Deco designers often concentrated ornament above doorways, where a panel of stylized motifs marks the entry. This detail shows the idea: a plain door below, and a decorative overdoor panel with stepped and chevron forms above. Adding an overdoor panel is an easy way to bring period character to an interior doorway without changing the door itself.
Classification
- Style
- Art Deco
- Category
- Trim & Moulding
- Material
- Metal
- Motifs
- Stepped ziggurat, Chevron
- Photograph
- 2016
- 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.
