Wall Paneling & Wainscoting · Art Deco
Lobby Details, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Lobby details in the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, photographed by Carol M. Highsmith, showing stepped Art Deco trim and wall finishes.
Design characteristics
This view captures the stepped profiles and layered trim that define Art Deco interiors. Door and wall openings are framed by mouldings that step back in several planes, a shape borrowed from the skyscrapers of the period. Stepped casings are one of the simplest ways to give a room Deco character, and they can be produced as standard trim profiles.
Classification
- Style
- Art Deco
- Category
- Wall Paneling & Wainscoting
- Material
- Marble
- Motifs
- Stepped ziggurat
- Photograph
- 2017
- 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.
