Michelin House (II), 81 Fulham Road, Chelsea, London SW3

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Illustration by Andrew Cadey

Michelin House was constructed as the first permanent UK headquarters and tyre depot for the Michelin Tyre Company Limited.

The building opened for business on 20 January 1911 and is a unique example of late British Art Nouveau Style and early Art Deco. The architect was François Espinasse, an engineer in the construction department at Michelin's headquarters in Clermont-Ferrand.

The Art Nouveau style can be seen in the decorative metal work at the front with the tangling plants round the tyre motifs. Its prominent roadside position and its strong advertising images and symmetry demonstrate the popular Art Deco style of the 1930’s. In this respect, Michelin House is a building twenty years before its time.

Limited first edition print run of 250

Illustration by Andrew Cadey

Michelin House was constructed as the first permanent UK headquarters and tyre depot for the Michelin Tyre Company Limited.

The building opened for business on 20 January 1911 and is a unique example of late British Art Nouveau Style and early Art Deco. The architect was François Espinasse, an engineer in the construction department at Michelin's headquarters in Clermont-Ferrand.

The Art Nouveau style can be seen in the decorative metal work at the front with the tangling plants round the tyre motifs. Its prominent roadside position and its strong advertising images and symmetry demonstrate the popular Art Deco style of the 1930’s. In this respect, Michelin House is a building twenty years before its time.

Limited first edition print run of 250

Product Details

Print: Printed on 240gsm Alpha Cellulose paper with a clean white base and a smooth matt surface and acid free. (Titled, signed and numbered in pencil on the reverse)

Mount: High quality ‘ice white’ picture mount with precision cut bevelled edge and a card backing board with printed label. All card is acid free, conservation quality white core, ph neutral board 1.4mm thick