Let’s spend some more time in Bert Cooper’s office. Surely you’ve noticed the asian themes. Tall black lacquered chairs with looping flourishes, cranes on rice paper, ceramic dragon lamps. The decor is called Japonisme a french term that translates into  Japanism. There was a heightened interest in Japanese graphic arts, textiles, and fashion at the turn of the century (similar to the Western love affair with Art Nouveau.)

Ornate and excruciatingly detailed art from Japan, according to the NY Met, “depicted simple, transitory, everyday subjects from ‘the floating world’ could be presented in appealingly decorative ways.”

So it would make sense that some one like Bert, older than the rest, would make his office seem regal with furnishings from Japan. Not that Bert is out of touch but has older tastes. More mature than the Dorothy Draper turquoise wave that was rolling through Manhattan.

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