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How do I identify Art Deco?
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To identify Art Deco, look for the characteristics of the period. Furniture produced at the time is generally lacquered metal with a mirror-like glossy finish. Wooden items should be an exotic wood. Most items feature symmetrical designs, and geometric forms were popular motifs during the period. In addition, Art Deco often shows the influence of Hellenistic, Egyptian and Asian designs. Shop a variety of Art Deco furniture and decorative objects on 1stDibs.
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Sideboard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1920s Dutch Amsterdam School sideboard in oak with unique metal handles and Art Deco frieze
Category
Vintage 1920s Dutch Sideboards
Materials
Metal
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Exotic Bird Frieze, Art Deco Decorative Painting by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In a superb example of Art Deco decorative painting influenced by Medieval motifs, this frieze
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Male Nude Frieze", Art Deco Sculptural Panel, Bertoni, Traction Avant Designer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
sculpted with a frieze of strong figures to honor a distinguished luminary. The central nude is flanked by
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Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Nude African Frieze, " Exceptional Art Deco Sculptural Vase by Ebeling, Sweden
By Allan Ebeling
Located in Philadelphia, PA
depicts a frieze-like procession of six, nude African women carrying everything from a baby to a fish
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Clay
"Utopian Motif, " Lovely Art Deco Painting with Frieze of Agrarian Labors, 1946
By John Ramsey Conner
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. This painting was owned by Walter E. Baum, the renowned Bucks
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Frieze of Nude Male Figures, " Art Deco Scene of Bathers and Workers, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
presented as a frieze of men along a horizontal plane -- as if they are peopling a mural or temple front
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
