Essential Art Deco

Bath: Parragon Publishing, 2002. Pictorial boards, 256 pages, colour illustrations; 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Small remainder mark (ink dot)/top edge. Dust jacket slightly sunned at extremities on the front cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Art Deco emerged as an antidote to an era of economic slumps and depressions, social strife, hunger marches and political battle. It was against this troubled backdrop that the movement forged its own identity as an eclectic style concerned with modernity. With a comprehensive introduction, Art Deco looks as all aspects of the movement, from architecture to decorative arts, with detailed commentary on 120 works. Some of these are considered major pieces, others are less well known, but they are all essential to the philosophy of the Art Deco movement." - Publisher.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to.