SEATTLE ORPHEUM THEATER ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE INTERIOR DECOR PLASTER ROSETTE 12”

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SEATTLE ORPHEUM THEATER ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE INTERIOR DECOR PLASTER ROSETTE.
I recently purchased this plaster decorative piece at a recent auction. This piece was salvaged from the Seattle Orpheum Theater and purchased by the family in 1967 at the public auction. It is approximately 12” across and 2” deep. It is made of plaster mixed with what looks like might be horse hair. The one corner with the chip off if also has a small crack. There are a few small chips, which is to be expected for something this old salvaged in the 60’s. This would look awesome in the right display. You are purchasing only the one rosette, no pictures included, they are just for reference.
Fondly remembered as a fixture of Seattle’s downtown, the Orpheum Theatre at 5th Avenue and Stewart Street opened on August 28, 1927. Originally designed to showcase vaudeville and film, the venue was a motion picture house for much of its life, save for a brief period in which it served as the home of the Seattle Symphony. Also housed many entertainers and rock and roll legends such as Bob Hope, Buddy Holly and the crickets, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, The Everley Brothers, Frankie Lymon, The Drifters, Paul Anka, and many others...
When it was torn down in 1967 to make way for a hotel, the Orpheum was one of the last 1920s-era venues to be destroyed without an outcry from local preservationists, who were just beginning to recognize the cultural and historical significance of such buildings.
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