Elevations for onyx niches for showrooms, Electric House, Battersea Borough

People:

Henry Hyams (draughtsman)
Henry Hyams (interior designer)
Battersea Borough Council (commissioner)

Title:

Elevations for onyx niches for showrooms, Electric House, Battersea Borough

Date:

printed March 1927

Description:

- This reprographic copy shows two elevations for onyx mosaics designed to be backlit. The onyx landscapes are rendered in coloured pencil.
- This work is part of an incomplete group of possibly working reprographic copies for Electric House, Battersea Borough, designed by the borough architect, Henry Hyams. The group also includes some reprographic copies which may have been used for publication purposes.
- The style of many of these drawings and reprographic copies by Henry Hyams (DR1988:0332 - DR1988:0414) suggests that they were possibly for periodical illustrations. Hyams contributed articles to the periodicals 'The Builder' and 'The Architect'. Two objects in the CCA collections can be directly linked to an article published prior to 1926 in 'The Architect'; a reprographic copy (DR1988:0357) and a drawing (DR1988:0364) (Who's Who in Architecture, 161).

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing
working drawing

Technique and media:

Diazotype ? with graphite and coloured pencil

Dimensions:

sheet: 45.8 x 75.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0410

Drawing Type:

line drawing
finished drawing
pentimenti

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawings
plans (drawings)
section
elevations (drawings)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- There is a small sheet of tracing paper with a more finished design for one of the onyx panels glued to the c.r. of the support.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, on the reprographic copy, in various locations: with measurements and notes about design changes inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, on the reprographic copy, c.: with numbers from 1 to 3 and with a legend indicating the colours of the onyx; and in green pencil, c.r.: "3" inscribed and dated - by the draughtsman, on the original, u.l.: with title; l.r.: "THE BOROUGH SURVEYOR / MAR. 1927"; and throughout: with measurements, identification of elevations, plans, and section, and materials

Subject:

interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

showroom ornament

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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