A cast aluminium panel
designed by Walter Gilbert for the Derry and Toms building, Kensington High Street London, the gilded rectangular panel cast in relief with leaping gazelles, birds and stylised trees -- 43 x 180cm. See illustration
Lot Essay
The Derry and Toms store was designed by the architect Bernard George, and opened in 1933. This panel was installed above one of the eight lifts.