Help! Art Nouveau in Dublin?

Oh dear.. yes I remember now notjim… hope you didn’t get too many slaps! That created a bit of a ruckus allright… I had to show the copyright card.

Thanks for your help everybody but It’s definitely Laura Ashley Wallpaper .. a folding screen, table and chair…. with a frondy plant…. The trick will be not to make it like “The restaurant at the end of the universe” or some similar BBC set from the eighties. I think it is amazing though that in Dublin .. the whole aspect of Nouveu seems to be in decoration rather than the main substance of a building. I’ve seen the Horta house in Brussels and I can’t say that I like it that much…. quite dark considering all the guff about light… the nicest place is the open stairwell…. There was a fantastic cafe in La Rochelle…. huge (quite low) open space with the columns seeming to spread like papyrus as they hit the ceiling. I remember thinking that Bewleys must have been based on something similar.

Thanks again folkes … nice photos of pharmacy Paul … have to go and look! … Also thanks shaun.. It never occured to me … and I drive past it at least 5 times a week… Doh. I’ll have a look inside if I can.. just for interest though, as I carried out the threatened BBC 80’s set decoation this morning .. the frondy plant will now re-locate to the bathroom at home… so there is a positive outcome!

Checked out Iveagh Baths.. think the only remotley Nouveau thing is part of the facade… would people agree it’s more Arts and Crafts than Nouveau? Still have to have a closer look at Avalon but not expecting a Damascus experience…. Did the shoot … It should be a good show… It’s Oscar Wilde at the end of his life in a Paris cafe (hence the nouveau) …. he casts the waiters in a performance of The Importance of being Earnest while he plays lady Bracknell…It starts in July… I’ll keep you posted!