Selfridges department store, Oxford Street, London: the main entrance adorned with the ornate clock and sculptural figure Queen of Time by Gilbert Bayes Architect/Designer Atkinson, Robert Frank (1869-1923) Bayes, Gilbert (1872-1953) Burnham, Daniel Hudson (1846-1912) Tait, Thomas Smith (1882-1954) Artist/Photographer Sims & Co. Country UK: England City London Subject Date 1928 Image Date 1929 View Exterior Style Classical Revival Medium Photoprint Library Reference AP72/162 Orientation Portrait Colour Info Black and white Credit Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections Subject Entrances ; Sculpture ; Canopies ; Shops ; Columns ; Shop fronts
NOTES: This steel-framed building was designed by the Chicago architect, Daniel Burnham. It was built in phases with the collaboration of R. F. Atkinson and T. S Tait of Sir John Burnet & Son. The clock dates from 1931, while the centre bay of the main facade was completed in 1928.
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