art deco furniture

Art Deco furniture

Art Deco was born of a conscious effort to simplify the turn of the century Art Noumea developed,




 to make it more receptive to new machines ideal age of speed and glamor. Two of the first practitioners were the Art Deco designer Paul Poiret and the jeweler and glassmaker René Lalique, their designs featured in delicate free, flowing lines. Other important influences were the Russian ballet Russian producer Sergei Diaghilev, with its oriental décor stage and exotic colors, the tomb of King Tutankhamen  which created a craze for Egyptian motifs, and Cubism, with its sleek geometric. The best designers of  and '30s were Jacques Emile Ruhlmann  in furniture, Jean Dunand  lacquer, Jean Puiforcat  silver and jewels of Lalique.

Art Deco became progressively more linear and geometric objects that were increasingly mass produced and that the United States replaced France as the spiritual center of the movement. It has found its expression in objects as diverse as locomotives, skyscrapers, diners roadside cabinets, radio, jukebox and advertising displays. The main monuments of European Art Deco Ruhlmann rooms were exhibitions of Paris, Le Pavillon UN COLLECTOR , and large living room of the French liner Normandie, with lighting and decor Lalique. The main examples of Art Deco in the United States are inside the Radio City Music Hall in New York, designed by Donald Deskey and William van Allen  Chrysler Building New York City, with its elegant facades aluminum strips and curved, pointed arrow.