Art Deco Watch

Circa 1920's ladies' art deco wrist watch by Hayne Watch Company, 17 jewels, Swiss works. Platinum Trim / 18K white gold case. Squared oval shape with intricate art deco styling - et...

Rare early to mid 20th century Hafis art deco mechanical wrist watch with Incabloc shock protection system. 18K yellow gold case, 0,0750 fineness, serial number 202743. Hammer head s...

Bird sculpture / car mascot / paperweight / packet watch holder. Art Deco "Pelican Max Le Verrier " Genuine period sculpture. Excellent condition. Silv...

At the dawn of the twentieth century, the world yearned for a new design style that would embody contemporary culture. Efforts to create a design language suited to the needs and tastes of the modern world took shape during the first decades of the new century, crystallizing in Paris with the 1925 Exposition International des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes. The Art Deco period encompassed a multitude of decorative influences, including the updating of historical styles, the introduction of exotic elements and the adaptation of avant-garde art currents such as the geometric abstraction of Cubism. Not a single style or a unified movement, Art Deco is a design idiom that reflects a decorative approach to designing appealing consumer goods during the interwar period. Encompassing every discipline within the applied arts, Art Deco manifested itself to some extent everywhere around the world, perhaps the first design idiom ever to do so. Art Deco’s fundamental appeal lay in its decorative qualities, which consumers found attractive and glamorous. From skyscrapers, locomotives, automobiles and ocean liners to fashion, advertising and everyday home furnishings and appliances, Art Deco style...

Silver plated, art-deco humidor featuring reproductions of the famous Bassae Frieze which depicts a battle between the Trojans and the Amazons.

Ruhlmann Un Genie De L'Art Deco by Emmanuel Breon et Rosalind Pepall.(Commissaires). 2004 Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco. French Text. Published by Somogy Ed...