Art Deco is 100 years old

I've always liked Arts And Crafts. When I was a child we had a 1920s set of The Children's Encyclopaedia which was full of "Things To Make And Do" which were all Arts And Crafts based.
I was quite amused last week when a friend told me she didn't like modern art, like Van Gogh, much. I feel that the 19th century is hardly modern now.

We used to live in a 1950s New town.Almost all of the architecture has been removed or built over or on top of. Could be anywhere now, and the town No

I don't like original features being removed. One home we had, 3 houses ago, Victorian, we restored, as best we could, a bit of a wreck, at some stage it had had a 1960s makeover, so we scouted shops that sold stripped pine Victorian doors etc. and the right door knobs to replace the flush 60s ones. At the same time we also put our own stamp on it with some exposed brickwork. Kept the Victorian fireplaces which I loved. My late father-in-law when visiting always remarked "aren't you going to plaster that wall and get rid of those fireplaces?" Fortunately it had all the original window frames, we also tried to explain to him that getting rid of those and replacing them with the stainless steel ones that were around at the time would devalue the house, something else he didn't get. I loved it, it had the classic bay window, perfect for the Christmas tree. We needed more space, so moved around the corner literally to a larger 1920s house, at which point my in-laws told us "we hated that last house" I kind of got that, it was the type of house they grew up in without any amenities. The 1920s house still had some of the features found in possibly the between times when the Edwardian era ended and coming into the '20s, they, parents in law, said they liked it at the time but when we moved they told us "it wasn't as bad as the Victorian house but they still thought it was horrible" which made me love it even more! Then we moved to a fairly modern town house. Father in law, said "you won't stay here for long, too many stairs" on three floors, but we did 20 years I grudgingly have to admit he was a little bit right on that, the stairs, they did for us in the end one storey too many! that and the desire to move further away from London.

What a sin to remove beautiful original features SueDonim. I hope that at least they were sold rather than being destroyed, so somebody who appreciates them can enjoy them.

I suppose many style ideas are recycled - I believe art deco was inspired by the craze for Egyptology after the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb. That’s very clear on Friendlygingercat first photo.

My son’s previous house was a 1930’s house. They were only the third owners and it still had a lot of original features, the beautiful wood floors, fabulous burr walnuts doors downstairs, with sun ray finger plates, picture rails and even the original kitchen roller towel fitment and the sun ray toilet roll holder.

Workmen who came were always impressed by its originality as they are few and far between nowadays. Sadly, the new owners stripped it all out, knocked down walls, painted it white, installed those diamanté halogen lighting fitments and now it looks like every other house in the street.

I think it must depend which country and designer you look at friendlygingercat. One I’ve been looking into is Jakob Bengel, and they were designing Art Deco jewellery in a very recognisable form to us today in the early twenties. I’d love to have been at the Paris Exhibition to see the style evolution.

There are some beautiful Arts and Crafts houses in Llanfairfechan in N Wales. Built by Herbert LuckNorth .

I love Art Deco in many forms .
There's an Art Deco stayed house near me and I admire the simple lines .
It contrasts with the surrounding mock Tudor houses .
Tamara Lempicka is my favourite artist of the period.
I also like Lalique and Ertè.

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The style which most people now call Art Deco is actually the development in the 1930s which is a much more stark and geometric interpretation. Early art deco often shows lingering traces of art nouveau and this transitrional style can be very rich.

The enamel and glass buckles are from the 1930s but the one with Czech art glass stones set into filigree is earlier and in the transitional style.

JamesandJon33

P.S. Arts and Crafts Movement, late 18 hundreds to beginning of WW1, initially.

Yep, my house was built in the Arts and Crafts style in a massive project starting at the beginning of 1915. Solid brick walls, oak window frames etc built to last. Mine is a workers house/cottage so is tiny, the manager ones on the build are bigger!

Art Nouveau is OK is much more interesting. But still it a great fan.

Bring on Mid Century Modern!???

Love Art Deco.
I was in seventh heaven in New York!
I'm also lucky to live near Eltham Palace.

P.S. Arts and Crafts Movement, late 18 hundreds to beginning of WW1, initially.

William Morris is Arts and Crafts….another movement to add to the mix

I’ve just been watching the tv series ‘Jeeves and Wooster.
It’s full of my favourite period 20’s furniture, cars and costumes.
Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry are excellent.
Highly recommended.

The William Morris house at Walthamstow London is well worth a visit, I think it was probably the inspiration for the house which Philip Bossinay builds for Soams in The Forstye Saga

Art Deco jewellery and accessories sell very well in my shops and are popular with Americans. Some of the items are so advanced n style that they could have been made today. They are very wearable and can really dress up a plain outfit to take it into evening or a more dressy occasion.

I also love Art Nouveau although each era has its own charm. I dont sell anything after the 1980s except for the occasional handmade "art" piece. There is just not the quality.

If you love Art Nouveau and your anywhere near Nancy this collection is not to be missed.

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lahlah weirdly I don’t remember the religious art, but the wall paintings - remembering the First World War. Perhaps I am misremembering?

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Yes! That’s the one. The church is worth a visit as well as they daubed scenes on the wall.

The wall art to my mind is pretty primitive, but certainly of it’s time.

The garden is interesting.

I think ‘daubed’ is a bit harsh 😉

Once you get the Art Deco architecture into your head, you can see it everywhere, it is absolutely distinctive and you see it from train stations, toilets, garages, cinemas it is absolutely everywhere.

There seemed to have been an absolute explosion of building between the wars both public and domestic. .

You definitely wouldn’t like my vintage front door handle then!

DollyRocker

I've got a few art deco and nouveau pieces, I love it & my house is a bumbly Mish mash of styles. Is The Black Cat cigarette building still standing, (I think it was near Pentonville prison)? Amazing Egyptian deco building. Going to Google it now

Black Cat building definitely still standing. Originally a cigarette factory, now converted to offices. My daughter worked there for years. (Odd coincidence of family history - my DD nearly lost his life age 14 in a serious accident outside that same building. Knocked off his bike by a bus.)

I often think the '60s took aspects of Art Nouveau, the swirling insignia of Biba, Pizza Express's also born in the sixties. The swirly patterns of psychedelia, I imagine maybe inspired by the artistry of Morris, Beardsly. The smokey eyed make up and crimson lips created by Biba emulated the 20s and 30s. Biba's store in Kensington High Street was very Art Deco inside, parts of it looked like a 1930s film set. One of my favourite teenage haunts.