Rambusch Decorating Company

The Rambusch Decorating Company was founded in 1898 in New York, New York by Frode Rambusch, a Danish immigrant.

In the 1920's, it was the decorator for many elaborate movie palaces, including the famed Roxy Theatre (New York City), which seated 6,214 and opened in March, 1927. That project was supervised by Harold Rambusch, working with architect Walter W. Ahlschlager.

The firm helped decorate the main public rooms at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel when it was built in the early 1930's. It also helped make some of the stained glass windows at St. Bartholomew's Church on Park Avenue. The firm also employed later generations of Rambusches, including Viggo F. E. Rambusch.

During World War II, the firm helped camouflage American airfields from enemy planes. Sketches of orchards and farm buildings were painted on the airfields to confuse the enemy. New York Times, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E1DF1330F933A05751C1A960958260 Viggo F. E. Rambusch, 97, Dean Of Church Architects, Is Dead ] ]

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* [http://www.rambusch.com/site/history.htm Rambusch Decorating Company]

* [http://historictheatres.org/roxyimgs.html Rendering of the interior of New York's Roxy Theatre] Courtesy of the American Movie Palace Museum, Theatre Historical Society of America, Elmhurst IL.