Friday, May 17, 2013

Upper Berkeley Street Synagogue

Known today as the West London Synagogue, this building was designed by the firm of Davis and Emanuel and built 1871.


1936 view




Golden Salviati mosaics adorn the Commandment tablets on either side of the apse arch.


Sources:
Archiseek
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 125.
English Heritage
Helen and Matthew Banks
JCR-UK

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