Never Was Magazine — 1925: Art Deco is Born: Pomone Pavilion for Bon...

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1925: Art Deco is Born: Pomone Pavilion for Bon Marche (architect: Louis Hippolyte Boileau)
La Maitrise Pavilion (architects: Joseph Hiriart, Georges Tribout and Georges Beau)
Grand Palais. Salle d'Honneur, staircase (architect: Charles Letrosne)
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1925: Art Deco is Born:

imagePomone Pavilion for Bon Marche (architect: Louis Hippolyte Boileau)

imageLa Maitrise Pavilion (architects: Joseph Hiriart, Georges Tribout and Georges Beau)

imageGrand Palais. Salle d'Honneur, staircase (architect: Charles Letrosne)

imageOne more shot of the Salle d'Honneur

imageGalerie des boutiques (architect: H. Sauvage)

imageRuhlmann pavilion

imagePavillon d'Est

imagePavilion of the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres

imagePorte de la Concorde (architect: P. Patout)

imageCeiling lamp in wrought iron with silver patina and electric light fitting in wrought iron (designer: Edgar Brandt)

imageTympanum in the Ambassade Française by Raymond Delamarre

imageMetal door furniture by Rene Prou

Some foreign participants:

imageBelgian pavilion (architect: no other then Victor Horta, the pillar of Art Nouveau)

imageItalian pavilion (architect: Armando Brasini; we know him as the author of 1930s Mole Littoria project and soon will hear more about him)

imageBritish Government Pavilion (architects: Easton & Robertson)

imageBritish textile section with decorative frieze by R. Anning Bell

imageCzechoslovak pavilion (architect: J. Gočár, a leading Czech functionalist; here is a more interesting view of the building)

imagePavilion of the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory (architect: Helmeg-Møller)

imageAustrian pavilion, designed by Joseph Hoffman, a pillar of Secession (not that simple - just look here)

imageDutch pavilion interior (architect / designer: H. Th. Wijdeveld)

imagePolish pavilion (architect: Joseph Czajkowski)

imageSgraffito decoration in Polish Pavilion by Adalbert Jastrzebowski

Finally - Eiffel tower, illuminated:

imageAnd an award to those who scrolled this ‘nothing-to-see’ page to the bottom:

imageExposition medal, designed by Pierre Turin

You’re welcome to browse through Flickr galleries I’ve made: One, Two, and visit photostreams of RUAMPS ©, Punkmemory and alanp_photo for more images.

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