Window Grill, 1929, for the Norris Theatre, Norristown, Pennsylvania. In the foyer of the Wolfsonian FIU, 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach. Architects William Harold Lee and Armand Carroll, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Manufacturer Conkling Armstrong. Glazed terra cotta. Concieved as part of an imposing three storey entrance to the Norris Theatre in Norristown, Pennsylvania, the window grille is an example of the stylized, decorative treatment that embellished the facades of theatres in America throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Composed of over 100 glazed terra cotta tiles, the rigid geometry of the layout belies the use of a rich, floral decorative scheme. Such architectural decoration was popualrized by exposure to the French pavilions at the Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes in 1925. Designed in 1929 by Philadelphia architects William Harold Lee and Armand Carroll, the Norris Theatre was praised upon its opening in 1931 for being ultra modern in equipment and decoration. 24646122 N00 has added USA Florida Miami at 2010 11 08 00 28 15 and tagged as architectural tiles
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