“Maximalism”: new patterns that embody lavishness, boldness, and luxury
Decoration is everywhere… and our appliances know how to carry that off with style!
Maybe it’s election year politics, or maybe it’s just blissful wrongheadedness. For whatever reason, a new optimistic mood through the country is bringing with it a taste for lavish “maximalist” decoration that has been neglected for years. Traditional, contemporary, and postmodern styles are all showing new decorative elements, overflowing with ornamentation. Metallo Arts is responding to this trend by reaching deep into our history and reinventing elaborate historical patterns with a very new look.
Among the new patterns we’ve introduced this year is “Hanging Gardens”, a decidedly Art Nouveau design first marketed around 1905 by the Pedlar Peoples Company as cove molding and frieze panels for metal ceilings. Reinvented for new surfaces, this pattern—with floral motifs, beaded rope, tulip chain, and more—embodies most every architectural motif from ancient Egypt to the Rococo. This pattern, one of our most popular designs, works equally well on small kitchen hoods and massive constructions like the 39” tall, 72” wide hood pictured here.
Metallo Arts continues to introduce new patterns and lip treatments based on our ongoing study of decorative metalworking. We are also releasing the book Epiphanies in Metal in December 2008—part design manifesto, part art history lesson, and packed full of photos, information, and anecdotes on the history of decorative metal and the archetypal patterns embodied in it.
