This is a good quality example of architectural lettering from the Art Deco era, still bravely surviving on the wall of a quite run down Bucharest house. I like how the designer combined reduced to essence shapes like squares and semicircles to create that beautiful Art Deco style artefact. A few months ago I published on this blog a photomontage of another few examples of Art Deco street numbers encountered on Bucharest’s houses that can be accessed by clicking here.
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I endeavor through this series of daily articles to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural history and heritage.
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Valentin Mandache, architectural historian 