Model Citizen: Art Deco Elephant Head

Available exclusively from RSUA Model Citizen: Art Deco Elephant Head This Art Deco styled, geometric elephant head is one of two such carvings that can be found on the former Burton menswear building on Ann Street in Belfast. The building was designed by Harry Wilson of Leeds for Montague Burton and was constructed in 1931-33. The three-storey Art Deco building has a remarkable decorative faïence façade which includes stylised geometric patterning along with the two elephant heads crowning the columns. Model Citizen sees it’s sculptures as a “mechanism to emphasize the beauty and significance of our built heritage,” translating art deco, brutalist, and internationalist styles into tangible, tactile sculptural objects that can be held, felt and explored.