tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post5858692222502474023..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Paddington Street, LondonPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-87476339520086088952008-07-25T23:48:00.000+01:002008-07-25T23:48:00.000+01:00My favourite items of Art Nouveau were two brass c...My favourite items of Art Nouveau were two brass candle sconces in the form of a lily leaf, complete with a frog on each. They were on the wall of the hall of my Aunty Ruthie's bungalow in the Chilterns. Her father was the station master at Marylebone. Marylebone, Chilterns, Art Nouveau, it all starts to add up.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-11506121480557917622008-07-25T20:11:00.000+01:002008-07-25T20:11:00.000+01:00Yes, nice lettering, isn't it? It reminded me of t...Yes, nice lettering, isn't it? It reminded me of the old, early-1900s Everyman's Library books that one still often sees in secondhand bookshops. I hope to have something to say some time on this blog about Art Nouveau and its English forms. People think of Art Nouveau as something French (or Belgian), and I often run into it in Prague, but it has its English versions too.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-90090470036382646172008-07-24T15:50:00.000+01:002008-07-24T15:50:00.000+01:00I want to do a rubbing of that lettering below the...I want to do a rubbing of that lettering below the Good Shepherd. It's like an Art Nouveau magazine title page.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.com