A while ago Robert Field (UK) asked if I knew about the mosaics in Boston's Colonial Theatre. He was researching Ludwig Oppenheimer Limited a mosaic firm established by Oppenheimer in 1865 in Manchester, England. The firm worked on several major projects in Ireland and England until 1965. Bob mentioned that the Colonial Theatre was the only project done in the United States.It took a while, but we finally got into the theatre and found the mosaics in the lobby. The design is a frieze of Pompeian-style masks that circumnavigates the room. The main part of the floor is an interestingly irregular opus circumactum.
I can only imagine the thousands of people who go to productions at the theatre and don't even notice this incredible floor.
I posted our photos on the Mosaic Atlas.
(If you've never been to Robert Field's website, do so. He is in my pantheon of mosaic gods. )
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