Refining a Style
Later Public Commissions:
Greene & Greene
Design for exterior decorative tile scheme, ca. 1911
Watercolor, graphite, and ink on tracing paper
Earle C. Anthony automobile showroom, Los Angeles, 1911
Charles Sumner Greene Collection (1959-1),
Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley
Earle C. Anthony had previously commissioned the Greenes to design his Los Angeles home in 1909. As owner of the city’s Packard automobile franchise, he also commissioned an auto showroom near downtown Los Angeles in 1911. While the building itself was not designed by the Greenes, they were asked to submit designs for exterior decoration and interior decoration and fittings. These included designs for Grueby-tiled floors, walls with insets of Pewabic tile, basketlike pendant light fixtures, and elaborate decorative ironwork for elevator doors and balcony.
