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Article: Art deco silks.(Brief Article)
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- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- July 1, 2001
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The Exposition internationale des arts decoratifs et industriels modernes, which took place in Paris in 1925, is widely considered a watershed event in the history of design. The exposition engendered considerable press because, as one American critic writing in Good Furniture Magazine observed, the exhibits displayed "daring originality and freedom from traditions of earlier periods." Not only were the designs innovative, they were incredibly luxurious, for the designers of the interiors created specifically for the exposition spared no expense to install lavish furnishings. The richness of these interiors depended on case pieces made from exotic and highly polished ...
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