I love the design of this carpet situated in the hall of my new residence for it’s colour and echoes of the age of Art Deco. For me it brings to mind the reception hall at Eltham Palace during Stephen and Virginia Courtauld’s time. The architecture of this much photographed room harks back to the goldern age of the luxury liner with elaborate wall decoration and small high windows then a fabulous dome pouring in streams of dazzling natural light. It’s easy to imagine characters from P.G. Wodehouse novels steaming across the Atlantic to New York between the wars.
Gillian Callaghan, Art Deco Carpet, photograph, (2014)
