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What was the Art Deco movement?
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The Art Deco movement was a decorative style popular during the 1920s and ’30s. Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design, celebrating society's growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship. Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu. The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. On 1stDibs, shop a wide range of Art Deco furniture and decorative objects.
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Dutch Art Deco The Hague School solid oak accent table, 1920s
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
A sculptural and beautifully crafted Haagse School side table in solid oak, dating from the 1920s. This compact yet architectural piece embodies the movement’s emphasis on structural clarity, honest materials, and refined geometric form.
The circular top rests on four tapering supports that create a rhythmic verticality, grounded by round lower shelf, giving the piece a functional elegance.
Compact yet visually strong, it works beautifully as a side table, accent table, or plant stand, and stands out with its sculptural Mission-style silhouette.
Recently lightly restored, the surface is in excellent condition - the oak shows a warm even patina and woodgrain, the piece is stable and sturdy. Small in footprint, but notably weighty. A superb example of Dutch interwar modernism, where craftsmanship meets disciplined form, and the material itself becomes ornament.
''Haagse School'' furniture manufacturing was centered in the city of The Hague with its rather affluent clientele.
In the 1920s, a style of architecture and furniture design emerged in The Hague that would become known as The Hague School. More sober than the imaginative Amsterdam School and more elegant and luxurious than De Stij...
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Vintage 1920s Dutch Art Deco Side Tables
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Oak
A Very Beautiful French Leather Club Chair Havana Moustache Model Circa 1930’s
Located in Hastings, GB
A Very Beautiful French Leather Club Chair Havana Moustache Model Circa 1930’s
This is a wonderful example of an iconic chair, an early moustache model with Cuban cigar arms and a l...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Club Chairs
Materials
Leather
Art Deco French Brass and Etched Frosted Glass Pendant Light, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
1920 French Art Deco, frosted glass pendant lamp
chips on the edge
Brass chain and brass canopy
Weight: 3.10 kg / 6.8 lb
Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suit...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Flush Mount
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Brass
Large 14" Antique Art Deco Church Opaline Glass Pendant Light, C.1920
Located in London, GB
A characterful pair of opaline glass pendant lights with brass galleries, c.1920.
Each pendant features a blown opaline glass shade in an ovaloid form, a style commonly found in c...
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Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Birdseye wood box with inlays on the edges vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Birdseye wood box with inlays on the edges vienna around 1920s
Hand polished
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Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Shagreen Stool with Bronze-Patina Brass Details by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Stools
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Brass


