Caption

Staircase in the building of the Boguslaw Herse Fashion House at 150 Marszalkowska Street in Warsaw, unknown photographer/creator, Boguslaw Herse Fashion House Warsaw; 1868–1936, fashion, interiors, shops, fashion houses, Warsaw Masovian Voivodeship, tenement houses, Art Nouveau and modernism styles, Marszalkowska street, Poland, ca. 1910, photograph from nature, print glued across the entire surface onto a museum backing, photograph, height 26.7 cm, width 21.8 cm, A large sepia-toned photograph mounted on brown cardstock shows an ornate interior stairway flanked by two tall dark columns topped with decorative capitals and sculpted female figure lamp bases holding multi-globe lamps; the central staircase is carpeted with a patterned runner and has carved balustrades and newel posts, leading up to an arched opening with decorative moldings and relief work; a small rectangular rug lies at the base of the stairs on a smooth floor, and additional architectural details such as railings, columns, and high ceilings are visible in shades of brown, gray, black, and off-white.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A33_137

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Rights managed

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71.8Mb (3.9Mb) / 13.9in x 20.0in / 4181 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Staircase building Boguslaw Herse Fashion House 150 Marszalkowska Street Warsaw unknown photographer creator Boguslaw Herse Fashion House Warsaw 1868–1936 fashion interiors shops fashion houses Warsaw Masovian Voivodeship tenement houses Art Nouveau modernism styles Marszalkowska street Poland ca 1910 photograph nature print glued across entire surface museum backing height 26.7 cm width 21.8 cm large sepia-toned photograph mounted brown cardstock ornate interior stairway flanked two tall dark columns topped decorative capitals sculpted female figure lamp bases holding multi-globe lamps central staircase carpeted patterned runner carved balustrades newel posts leading up arched opening decorative moldings relief work small rectangular rug lies base stairs smooth floor additional architectural details railings high ceilings visible shades brown gray black off-white.