Art Deco Interiors: Decoration and Design Classics of the 1920s and 1930s

by Patricia Bayer

Book Overview

By the time of the great Paris Exhibition of 1925, the idea that an interior and its furnishings should form a complete design--a "total look"--dominated the thinking of both designers and their sophisticated clients. In the later 1920s and 1930s, whole studios were established, notably in France and the United States, to serve the needs of a design- and style-conscious middle class intent on showing off its newly refined taste for things modern and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500280207
• ISBN13: 9780500280201
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.6" x 11.6"

Customer Reviews

A must for art deco lovers

This is an excellent book on art deco interiors. The chapters are ordered beginning with the origins of art deco and finishing with the art deco revival of recent times. It contains many pictures (some old ones are in black and white, the rest in colour) and it is nicely conceived, written and designed. Not only home interiors are covered but also all kind of public places, hotels, train stations, churches, trains, ships. In one word: excellent.

The best available book on Art Deco architectural interiors

The author does a fine job of compiling the broad spectrum of Art Deco styles from simple lines to eye popping detail, focusing of course on interiors. Both residential and commercial buildings are included in the book's repertoire. This is really not an attempt at a scholarly historical work although the historical aspects of the style are not ignored. More to the point, this book is a lot of fun to look at and exposes the reader to the richness of the Art Deco pallette.

Best Art Deco book available

I searched through all of the Art Deco books and decided on this one. I am decorating my home in the Art Deco style of the 1920s and 1930s and have found a source for unlimited decorating ideas. I haven't found another book with so many great pictures. Not many people realize that true art deco is from the 1920s and 1930s and not the 1950s. It's hard to find a book like this one that focuses only on the true art deco form.

Best on the market, anywhere.

This is a beautifully produced book which covers the whole range of art deco. A wonderful gift for the person who has everthing and loves style whatever period or for the serious follower of designs. My architect "stole" my first copy. The book is dangerous though......ended up purchasing an office in an art deco building. In short a great read and source of ideas.

I couldn't stop looking at it!

I loved it!!!! Fantastic, beautiful color photography and the designer's original renderings, beautifully printed and presented---an EYE POPPING cavalcade of art deco interiors, from simple to sublime! Theatres, train stations, restaurants, the bedrooms and baths of famous actors and designers...it is hard to imagine that one can imagine so much! Text is readable and interesting. Highly recommended!