John Breuner Company Furniture Store, Oakland

The John Breuner Company Furniture Store which includes many Art Deco elements was designed by Albert Roller in 1931.

The building is clad in a very light green terra cotta referred to as 'sea-glass'. The decoration at the roofline consists of Art Deco panels of stylised floral forms. Originally a large 'Breuners' sign adorned the roof but now there is a single flagpole.

At the first floor level a narrow band of similar decoration is punctuated by cylindrical shapes.

The pinnacle of decoration is above the main doorway where the Bruener Company's trade to protrayed by two men building a chair.

References:
San Francisco & 20th Century Design Tour Book, 20th Century Society of the Carolina Mountains
Oaktown Art, The Breuner Building ~ a gem in sea glass green