Neoromanian Rope Motif

Valentin Mandache
An exquisite Neo-Romanian style gateway assembly featuring the rope motif that originates in late medieval Wallachian church architectural decoration. The rope motif and the two solar discs present at the base of the gate opening are also ancient ethnographic motifs peculiar to the Romanian peasant art and domestic architecture. Late 1920s type house, Gara de Nord area, Bucharest. (©Valentin Mandache)

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One thought on “Neoromanian Rope Motif”

  • The sign is curiously apt; you certainly wouldn’t want to obscure an entrance that looked like that.

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