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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in great condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Art Deco was a major decorative style of the 1920s- the perfect expression of the extravagance of Paris during that decade. Renowned for its opulence and exclusiveness Art Deco embraced every area of the decorative arts including furniture jewellery painting and graphics bookbinding glass and ceramics and was the last coherent decorative style to emerge from Europe during this century. The 1925 Exposition des Arts D?coratifs et Industriels Modernes from which the style took its name united the work of the finest French artists in a dazzling display of luxury. Its creators were primarily painters and sculptors who employed highly skilled craftsmen to execute their designs in rare and exotic materials such as figured woods precious stones and metals glass and ivory favouring strong and vibrant colours. ART DECO offers a broad insight into the splendour of this most lavish of decorative styles as seen in the work of its leading French exponents. Their elegant creations are brought together in this handsome and profusely illustrated volume which includes much material not previously published. The author’s intimate knowledge of many private collections around the world enables him to share a privileged insight into the finest hand-craftsmanship of the time. Readers familiar only with the ‘kitsch’ Art Deco of the period will be astounded by the superb quality of the objects dis cussed and illustrated in this book. (OS)