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System - Design
Wrought iron grille, in art nouveau style with stylised lily leaves, centre leaf reading "1" for lift car number, all surrounded by moulded green glazed tiles.
TfL
Transport
Art and Design
1900s
Camden
A lift ventilation grille with a leaf decoration and a sign reading '1' at the centre
Lift ventilation grille from Hampstead station ticket hall, designed by Leslie Green
Created in the 1900s, the new Underground lines created by Charles Yerkes had lift shafts in the stations that had ventilation holes situated over the lift doors. This ventilation grille, taken from Hampstead station, would have been used to disguise the ventilation hole. Despite its utilitarian function it is highly decorative, featuring Art Nouveau-style stylised plant designs. It also displays the lift car number, 'No.1'.
Similar ornate grilles were in used at other stations designed by Leslie Green.
Underground Stations
Green, Leslie
Yerkes, Charles Tyson
green, hampstead, lift
3 | Publisher: | http://www.ltmcollection.org/ | Source: | London Transport Museum | Creator: | Leslie Green, Designer | Identifier: | ltmcollection.org/1982/64 | Go to resource |
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