A plush velvet textile panel made for the Savoy Theatre

A plush velvet textile panel made for the Savoy Theatre, plush burgundy with a geometric diamond repeat, two similar bronze and an Art Deco chenille throw, printed with a floral design in the manner of Edouard Benedictus, unsigned, 133 x 60cm.

Provenance

The Savoy Theatre,

Private collection.

Catalogue notes

Basil Ionides, with the architect Frank Tugwell, was commissioned to rebuild the Savoy Theatre by Rupert D'Oyly Carte in 1929. he was the grandson of the legendary collector Alexander Constantine Rupert Ionides and published two books on interior design; Colour and Interior Design in 1926 and Colour in Everyday Rooms, 1934.