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Article: Style craze with a legacy of car boot sale bargains; Collectors can still find good deals despite Art Deco boom.
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 22, 2003
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Byline: LORNE SPICER
THE popularity of Art Deco is about to hit new highs with an exhibition that opens at the Victoria & Albert Museum on Thursday.
The design style swept the world following the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs & Industriels Modernes in Paris. It marked not only a phenomenal change in fashion, but also provided the era with a generic name - Art Deco.
Auction houses have long recognised the popularity of Art Deco, but any major show, such as the forthcoming Art Deco 1910-1939 Exhibition at the V&A, has a knock-on effect.
Wiltshire auctioneer Woolley and Wallis is preparing for its Clarice Cliff and ...