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IMG_2822 Eltham Palace Entrance Hall
Eltham Palace (1933-1936) - Art Deco entrance hall
See location of room in palace here:
www.english-heritage.org.uk/siteassets/home/visit/places-...
The original Eltham Palace was a medieval moated palace which had been the childhood home of Henry VIII, that, having fallen into disrepair, was transformed in a glorious Art Deco home for the Courtauld family.
Perhaps the most dramatic interior is the entrance hall, created by the Swedish designer Rolf Engströmer. Its walls are lined with blackbean veneer and decorated by Jerk Werkmäster (SWE, October 1, 1896, Utanåker, Rättvik - April 11, 1978 i Rättvik) with marquetry that includes figures of a Viking standing opposite a Roman soldier, set against background scenes from Italy and Scandinavia.
Another Swede, Eric Grate, provided two plaques above the entrance depicting scenes from Alice in Wonderland.
Replicas made in 1999 by N.E.J. Stevenson Ltd. of the original Engströmer furniture, upholstered in white matelasse, re-create the entrance as it once was.
The stupendous 6m wide Marian Dorn designed carpet at its center is a curatorially accurate 1999 re-make made in Ireland by Donegal Carpets of the 1932 original circular hand-knotted woollen pile on a jute warp carpet by the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Ltd. (now in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Ref Nr CIRC.48-1970):
The rug has a directional design of concentric and non-continuous segments crossed by radiating motifs of parallel, curved and straight stripes in red-browns, pinkish beige and fawn.
Court Yard
Eltham, Royal Borough of Greenwich
London, SE9 5QE
UK
architects Seely & Paget
Swedish designer & architect Rolf Engströmer (SWE, 20 January 1892, Hudiksvall - 2 August 1970, Stockholm)
Jerk Werkmäster (SWE, October 1, 1896, Utanåker, Rättvik - April 11, 1978 i Rättvik) was a Swedish illustrator, painter and ceramics artist.
Eric Grate (SWE, August 14, 1896, Stockholm - August 3, 1983, Stockholm) was a Swedish sculptor, painter and graphics artist.
Marion Dorn (Kauffer) carpet designer (December 25, 1896, Menlo Park, California, United States - January 28, 1964, Tangiers, Morocco)
© picture by Mark Larmuseau
IMG_2822 Eltham Palace Entrance Hall
Eltham Palace (1933-1936) - Art Deco entrance hall
See location of room in palace here:
www.english-heritage.org.uk/siteassets/home/visit/places-...
The original Eltham Palace was a medieval moated palace which had been the childhood home of Henry VIII, that, having fallen into disrepair, was transformed in a glorious Art Deco home for the Courtauld family.
Perhaps the most dramatic interior is the entrance hall, created by the Swedish designer Rolf Engströmer. Its walls are lined with blackbean veneer and decorated by Jerk Werkmäster (SWE, October 1, 1896, Utanåker, Rättvik - April 11, 1978 i Rättvik) with marquetry that includes figures of a Viking standing opposite a Roman soldier, set against background scenes from Italy and Scandinavia.
Another Swede, Eric Grate, provided two plaques above the entrance depicting scenes from Alice in Wonderland.
Replicas made in 1999 by N.E.J. Stevenson Ltd. of the original Engströmer furniture, upholstered in white matelasse, re-create the entrance as it once was.
The stupendous 6m wide Marian Dorn designed carpet at its center is a curatorially accurate 1999 re-make made in Ireland by Donegal Carpets of the 1932 original circular hand-knotted woollen pile on a jute warp carpet by the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Ltd. (now in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Ref Nr CIRC.48-1970):
The rug has a directional design of concentric and non-continuous segments crossed by radiating motifs of parallel, curved and straight stripes in red-browns, pinkish beige and fawn.
Court Yard
Eltham, Royal Borough of Greenwich
London, SE9 5QE
UK
architects Seely & Paget
Swedish designer & architect Rolf Engströmer (SWE, 20 January 1892, Hudiksvall - 2 August 1970, Stockholm)
Jerk Werkmäster (SWE, October 1, 1896, Utanåker, Rättvik - April 11, 1978 i Rättvik) was a Swedish illustrator, painter and ceramics artist.
Eric Grate (SWE, August 14, 1896, Stockholm - August 3, 1983, Stockholm) was a Swedish sculptor, painter and graphics artist.
Marion Dorn (Kauffer) carpet designer (December 25, 1896, Menlo Park, California, United States - January 28, 1964, Tangiers, Morocco)
© picture by Mark Larmuseau