The grammar of the Jazz Age, stated with absolute authority. Overlapping fan arches — each one filled with precisely ruled lines radiating from a central point, evoking palm leaves, peacock feathers and the architectural ambitions of the machine age simultaneously — stack and interlock across a deep charcoal black ground in burnished gold. The repeat is perfect, the geometry is flawless, the effect is nothing short of magnificent.
This is Art Deco at its most uncompromising. The black and gold palette draws directly from the great interiors of the 1920s and 30s — from the lobbies of New York skyscrapers, from the lacquered rooms of Parisian couture houses, from the sets of films in which glamour was considered a moral position rather than a superficial one. On a wall, it commands the room entirely. There is no competing with it and no need to try.
The gold catches differently in different lights — warmer in the evening, sharper in daylight — giving the design a quality of constant, quiet transformation. Exceptional in dining rooms, entrance halls, home bars, master bedrooms and any space where the intention is to create an atmosphere of complete, unapologetic luxury.
