Built-ins & Bookcases · Art Deco
Postal Window Detail, Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building, Trenton, New Jersey
An Art Deco postal service window in the Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Trenton, New Jersey, photographed by Carol M. Highsmith.
Design characteristics
Post office service windows were built-in counters framed by decorative metal and woodwork. This one combines a counter, a window opening and decorative surrounds into a single composition. A modern parallel is a built-in serving counter or pass-through between kitchen and dining room, framed with Deco fluting or stepped trim.
Classification
- Style
- Art Deco
- Category
- Built-ins & Bookcases
- Material
- Metal
- Motifs
- Fluting
- Photograph
- 2010
- 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.
