Design of waiters serving in a resturant car
Drawing
1928 (made)
1928 (made)
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Geoffrey Houghton Brown was a mural painter in the 1920s and 1930s who once shared a studio with Rex Whistler. This is one of thirteen designs [E.415-427-1987] for mural decoration in the Blue Train Restaurant, Stratton Street, London. This fashionable restaurant was owned by an Italian named Savrani. Through the agency of the Marchese Malacreda, a noted contemporary decorator, he commissioned Geoffrey Houghton Brown to provide and execute murals on the theme of travel. The artist, with a team of three Chinese assistants, who doubled as theatrical scene painters, painted the murals in oil and turpentine directly onto the white-painted walls. The theme was the Blue Train which ran to the South of France. The large drawings relate to the scene in the bar area, which was known as the Merry-go-round. The site became Langan's Brasserie; all decorations have disappeared
Object details
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| Title | Design of waiters serving in a resturant car (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, ink and watercolour. |
| Brief description | Design of waiters serving in a restaurant car, for mural decoration in the Blue Train Restaurant, Stratton Street, London, 1928, by Geoffrey Houghton Brown |
| Physical description | Rough watercolour sketch of waiters serving in a restaurant car. There are three waiters; the figure on the left is serving a table, the middle figure holds a basket above his head and something else at waist height, the figure on the right is also serving a table. There are several tables of people seen with a red carpet running through the middle. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed in pencil GHB Inscribed Rough sketch for doors |
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| Summary | Geoffrey Houghton Brown was a mural painter in the 1920s and 1930s who once shared a studio with Rex Whistler. This is one of thirteen designs [E.415-427-1987] for mural decoration in the Blue Train Restaurant, Stratton Street, London. This fashionable restaurant was owned by an Italian named Savrani. Through the agency of the Marchese Malacreda, a noted contemporary decorator, he commissioned Geoffrey Houghton Brown to provide and execute murals on the theme of travel. The artist, with a team of three Chinese assistants, who doubled as theatrical scene painters, painted the murals in oil and turpentine directly onto the white-painted walls. The theme was the Blue Train which ran to the South of France. The large drawings relate to the scene in the bar area, which was known as the Merry-go-round. The site became Langan's Brasserie; all decorations have disappeared |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.423-1987 |
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| Record created | July 27, 2000 |
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