Art Deco

Art Deco is an influential visual arts design style that appeared in France after World War I, flourishing internationallly in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s before its popularity waned after World War II. It is an eclectic style that combines traditional craft motifs with Machine Age imagery and materials.

Art Deco emerged from the Interwar period when rapid industrialization was transforming culture. One of its makor attributes is an embrace of technology. This distinguishes Deco from the organic motifs favouried but its predecessor. This decorating movement was based on the desire to let go of traditional design aesthetics and to move into a more modern approach to furnishings and decorating. The style is often characterized by rich colour, bold geometric shapes, and lavish ornamentation. Art Deco focused on using non-traditional materials such as glass, mirrors, chrome, bakelite, terrazzo and other human-made materials. Colours were usually lavish and much attention was paid to black and metallics.

Historian Bevis Hiller defined Art Deco as "an assertively modern style that ran to symmetry tather than asymmetry, and to the rectilinear rather than the curvilinear; it responsed to the demands of the machine and of new material and the requirements of mass production". Hillier, Bevis (1968). Art Deco of the 20s and 30s. Studio Vista.

Distinctive features:
- Inlayed wood
- Scrolled ends
- Tassled details
- Nickled bronze hardware
- Marble (rich coloured veining)
- Rose wood

1930s Art Deco Tub Chair

A stunning and unusual vintage Art Deco tub chair in mahogany with inlaid side panels and rosewood feet. A high quality, stylish chair, it has lots of detailing o the stretchers, legs and arm supports. The side panels have mahogany and ebony inlay to form a square central lozenge decoration. it has been newly recovered in a cream linen fabric which has a geometric pattern embroidered on it in bronze lines. 

Mahogany

Very good condition. Solid a few marks commensurate with age. Newly recovered over original upholstery which is sound.

Width: 23" Depth: 2-" Height to seat: 17.5" Overall Height: 37"
Found here.

Vintage 1930s Art Deco Walnut Display Cabinet/Bookcase

A stylish 1930s Art Deco cabinet in beautifully figured pale gold walnut. It has curved glazed doors with deco tracery radiating from a central pillar. 

Walnut.
Width: 42" Depth: 15.5" Height at back: 49" Height at front" 46"
Found here.

Art Deco 1930s Diana Table Lamp Original.

Enrique Molins Balleste (French)

Bronze-patinated spelter on marble, glass

The sculpture measures 37cm high, the oval marble base is 18.5cm by 10.5 cm. Total weight is 1.9kg.

Original selling here.