Art Deco Complete: The Definitive Guide to the Decorative Arts of the 1920s and 1930s

Duncan, Alastair

ISBN 10: 0810980460 / ISBN 13: 9780810980464

Published by Harry N. Abrams, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Art Deco Complete: The Definitive Guide to the Decorative Arts of the 1920s and 1930s
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810980460
• ISBN 13: 9780810980464
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
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Synopsis

This beautiful, gift-ready oversize volume is the definitive last word in Art Deco, the most glamorous decorative arts style.

This 544-page book includes more than 1,000 color images of classic Art Deco objects and spaces. Its author is the colorful and experienced Alastair Duncan, who was for many years the expert who ran the 20th-century decorative arts department at Christie’s in New York.

It includes the work of all of the important Art Deco designers, from high-style French furniture makers to the creators of the popular “Streamline Moderne” style. And it is, in the spirit of Art Deco, a lavish and attractive book, as well as authoritative and thorough.

This gorgeous coffee table book stands as a unique monument to Art Deco, one that every graphic designer, architect, interior designer, artist, and jeweler will want to own, display, and refer to again and again.

In this lushly produced book you will find:

• Furniture and interior decoration
• Sculpture
• Paintings, graphics, posters
• Bookbinding
• Glass and ceramics
• Textiles
• Metal work
• Jewelry
• And much more

About the Author

Alastair Duncan was one of the world's foremost authorities on Art Deco and twentieth-century decorative arts. A longtime specialist and former head of the 20th-Century Decorative Arts department at Christie's New York, he helped shape modern understanding of Art Deco through decades of scholarship, connoisseurship, and market expertise. Duncan authored numerous influential books on the movement, including Art Deco, American Art Deco, Art Deco Furniture, and Art Deco Complete. Renowned for his deep knowledge of furniture, interiors, architecture, jewelry, glass, ceramics, and design history, he remains one of the most respected voices in the field, and Art Deco Complete stands as his definitive survey of the style's enduring legacy.