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

by Patricia Bayer (Author)

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Highly informative...a book to be relished. -- Traditional Homes

Thorough and intelligent. -- The World of Antiques

Product Description
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. ART DECO INTERIORS documents this flourishing of design ingenuity in Europe and America with more than 300 illustrations, 151 in color.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson (April 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0500280207
• ISBN-13: 978-0500280201
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 9.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #184,437 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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53 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Well Written But Very Disappointing, May 6, 2003

By	Ann McElroy (Hickory, NC United States) - See all my reviews

I agree with the reviewer from England who stated she was trying to find inspiration for decorating her home and could not find it in this book. This book is 80% text - extremely well written and researched - but only 20% pictures. Those pictures are many times small, black and white, and sketches - not photos at all. The photos that are here, many are truly stunning. But they are of movie sets, ship interiors, large buildings, etc. I was hoping for a book which would have one full color photographed page of floor lamps, another of wall sconces, ceiling lamps, furniture, hardware for cabinets, etc., each on its own page so I could get some inspiration. A section dedicated to photographs of walls and how they were stenciled so I could see many different designs would have been terrific. If I can, I am going to return the book. It was of no use to me. I would suggest ordering a book or two from Dover, which is far less [money] and might have more colors and designs for inspiration.

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Art Deco book available, March 11, 2000

By A Customer

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.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't stop looking at it!, March 23, 1999

By A Customer

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!