Artist/Designer: Madame Lipska
Project Location: Paris, France
Style/Period(s):
Art Deco, Modern
Primary Material(s):
Metal, Wood
Function(s):
Retail Store
Related Website(s):
Significant Date(s):
20th Century, 1925
Additional Information:
Project Description:
This Paris Dressmaking Salon, designed by Madame Lipska (1882-1989), features many modern materials such as aluminum and glass. A variety of woods can also be found in the space: maple, tulipwood, and natural caroline. Highlights of the salon include an aluminum screen, a maple table with a deep sea-blue green glass top, a burnished copper screen and chest, and a rock crystal desk lamp on a wooden base. The walls are natural tulipwood streaked in pale pink.
Publications/Texts in Print:
Abercrombie, Stanley. "The Invention of Chic: Therese Bonney and Paris Moderne." Interior Design 73, no. 12 (2002): 103.
Woolman Chase, Edna. "Features: A Twentieth Century Apartment." Vogue 74, no. 3 (1929): 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 94.
Special Cable to The New York Times. "PARIS SALON ADMITS DRESSMAKING AS AN ART." New York Times (1923-Current File) (New York, N.Y.), 1926.
Building Location:
Boulevard des Champs-Élysées
Paris, France
Tags:
Therese Bonney, art deco, modern, paris, france, madame lipska, dressmaking salon
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