Tiki Central / General Tiki / Kansas City: The Tropics - was it tiki?
Post #693451 by tikilongbeach on Fri, Sep 13, 2013 3:07 PM
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This tablecloth from the Tropics is for sale on etsy.com. $125.00. Interesting, the hotel has been fixed up and made into a boutique hotel.
From the seller: Fabulous tropical print tablecloth called The Tropics from the Hotel Phillips in Kansas City. Bright yellow, white and green linen. Probably dates from the 1940s. Hula Dancer in center with Hotel Phillips. Palm tree in each corner. The Hotel Phillips was built in downtown Kansas City in 1931. The 20-story, 450-room hotel was the tallest in the Midwest, and the only commercial structure with a radio receiver in every room. Most notable for the haberdasher on the ground floor — Harry S. Truman. Many of the Art Deco details from the 1930s remain today: the elaborate bronze and nickel metalwork, lustrous walnut paneling, stylish light fixtures and black glass on the ceiling that creates the illusion of endless space. Back then, as now, gazing over the lobby is a gilded 11-foot likeness of the goddess of Dawn, known as the mother of the stars. APPROX. SIZE: 48" x 48" |
