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"The Starlight Roof - Mural Decorations by Victor White"
Title
"The Starlight Roof - Mural Decorations by Victor White"
Subject
Mural painting and decoration
Description
Black and white photograph depicting the murals in the Starlight Roof at the Waldorf=Astoria from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.
The mural decorations of the Starlight Roof are the work of the American painter, Victor White. The walls at the ends of the garden are golden-hued mirrors bearing tropical motifs in red and pale green. On the walls of the central portion and dance floor of the room, White created colored-glass mosaics depicting tropical plants, flowers and birds against sand-colored plaster.
The mural decorations of the Starlight Roof are the work of the American painter, Victor White. The walls at the ends of the garden are golden-hued mirrors bearing tropical motifs in red and pale green. On the walls of the central portion and dance floor of the room, White created colored-glass mosaics depicting tropical plants, flowers and birds against sand-colored plaster.
Creator
Smith, Richard Averill
Publisher
The Waldorf-Astoria
Date
1934
Contributor
White, Victor
Relation
Histories & Publications
Is Part Of
Lent, H.B. (1934). The Waldorf –Astoria: A Brief chronicle of a unique institution now entering its fifth decade. New York: private printing for the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Corporation.
Format
image | jpeg
Medium
black-and-white photographs
Type
StillImage
Identifier
06.02.063
Coverage
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present
Starlight Roof
Temporal Coverage
1931 - 1939
Original Format
promotional materials
Collection
Citation
Smith, Richard Averill, “"The Starlight Roof - Mural Decorations by Victor White",” Host to the World, accessed March 28, 2024, https://waldorfnewyorkcity.com/archive/items/show/322.