It was held to assert French know-how in the decorative arts – an emerging modern style known today as art deco – through the lens of architecture and exhibits of luxury goods. Today ...

Jean Dunand was a French Art Deco artist and designer. Considered a master of lacquer, Dunand's practice also involved sculpting, metalwork, and furniture design. Characteristic of the Art Deco ...

Art Deco may be hard to define, but you know it when you see it. Its architecture is at once angular—associated with shapes ...

A top French art expert went on trial on Tuesday accused of falsely claiming furniture he built to be from the 18th century that was then sold at high prices to buyers including the Palace of ...

Modern details feature in the restoration and renovation of this art deco casino in the French resort of Cannes ... the apartment is filled with furniture designed by Von Stein.

Eugene Printz was a French designer best known for his groundbreaking wooden ... of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts with his own original pieces. His Art Deco designs found favor with the ...

Sumptuous textiles like velvet or shagreen covered furniture and draped windows ... to glamorous decorative pieces like glass by French Art Deco designer René Jules Lalique, or stylized ...

A connoisseur of 18th-century French furniture fooled buyers into purchasing ... He became a fixture in Parisian society and a celebrity in the art world, until he was felled by a former student ...

Before writing this story, I had some idea of the Art Nouveau movement, but would be pushed to pinpoint where exactly it deviated from what we know about Art Deco interior design. In terms of eras ...