Art Deco Mailboxes: An Illustrated Design History

by Lynne Lavelle and Karen Greene

Book Overview

Mailboxes and their chutes were once as essential to the operation of any major hotel, office, civic, or residential building as the front door. In time they developed a decorative role, in a range of styles and materials, and as American art deco architecture flourished in the 1920s and 1930s they became focal points in landmark buildings and public spaces: the GE Building, Grand Central Terminal, the Woolworth Building, 29 Broadway, the St. Regis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393733408
• ISBN13: 9780393733402
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.2"