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A living room ensemble from FFDM’s Deco Collection.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s that time of the year to frolic under the sun once more \u2013 summer is officially here. Your environment is a pleasant place to be in, to many homeowners, this could also be the signal to go for a season-inspired interior design.<\/p>\n

How about Art Deco?<\/p>\n

Take a closer look at the skyscrapers that are lining New York\u2019s horizon. The Rockefeller and Chrysler buildings are the perfect example of Art Deco displayed in the most awesome manner. The birth of this design can be traced to the early 1920s all the way to the 1940s.<\/p>\n

Art Deco was a style that showed a lot of accomplishments. It portrayed hope and strength for the future. It paid homage to past designs but, at the same time, it acknowledged newer technologies.<\/p>\n

Art Deco \u2013 The Origins <\/strong><\/p>\n

Art Deco is often associated with nationalism, color, iconography, zigzag lines, geometry, relief, sculpture, murals, botany, mythology, and many more things. In terms of hue, buildings use pastels, to vivid paint, to gold to glossy hues.<\/p>\n

Colors often contrast on the interior and exterior parts of the building. The artworks were inspired by a wide array of colors from bright down to mute. Some buildings also used ornamentation which referenced mythology, more particularly, Egyptian mythology.<\/p>\n

Art Deco was easily recognizable with its rounded edges. These were seen on planes, in vehicles, on ships and other forms of sleek modes of transport.<\/p>\n

Glass is also a common material used in Art Deco. You will see a lot of etching and blocks in this style. You will also see geometric forms and other materials such as linoleum, jade, plastic, steel, Bakelite and chrome.<\/p>\n

Metal also perfectly represented Art Deco because it showed industrialism and strength.<\/p>\n

Art Deco Artists \u2013 Influencers and Inspiration <\/strong><\/p>\n

There were many architects and artists that helped develop Art Deco. Cedric Gibbons was one such artist. Gibbons was a Hollywood set designer who was able to attend the 1925 Paris exhibition. He created Art Deco in all his Hollywood sets.<\/p>\n

Another one was William Van Allen who was the architect that conceptualized the Chrysler Building. Donald Deskey, also an architect, built the Radio City Music Hall. Other names followed suit such as Edward McKnight Kauffer, A.M. Cassandre, Rene Lalique, Jean Puiforcat, Jacques Ruhlmann, and jean Dunand.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Art Deco <\/strong><\/p>\n

These days, Art Deco is a style that relies in the past though it continues to imagine, re-imagine and pay attention to the design elements of today. It is often studied and collected by people who are fascinated by the \u201820s and \u201830s styles.<\/p>\n

People all over the world collect jewelry, posters, chinaware and furniture.<\/p>\n

Art Deco Furniture <\/strong><\/p>\n

Parisian factors influenced the Art Deco furniture pieces of today so you will see a lot of grandiose features. Expect opulence and exotic pieces like ebony furniture and rare materials like ivory.<\/p>\n

Stained glass is also possibly included as are enamels and inlays. Other materials that are used in Art Deco pieces are marble, wood, metal, plastic, animal skin, and lacquer pieces.<\/p>\n

The different types of Art Deco furniture include chairs, cabinets, beds, and tables. Chairs come with curved lines and often represent the human form. Some pieces incorporate leather and chrome.<\/p>\n

Cabinets, on the other hand, are often rigid and large. They have lacquered wood with distinctive grains such as burled oak, bird\u2019s eye maple and Macassar ebony.<\/p>\n

The beds are oversized and they come with head and footboards. These are often constructed from metal or wood. The tables \u2013 specifically the cocktail tables \u2013 come with glass or leather tops, or wood or chrome legs.<\/p>\n

The factors that you need to consider when buying Art Deco pieces, are its condition, quality, and its details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s that time of the year to frolic under the sun once more \u2013 summer is officially here. Your environment is a pleasant place to be in, to many homeowners, this could also be the signal to go for a season-inspired interior design. How about Art Deco? Take a closer look at the skyscrapers that [ read more… ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,4,2149],"tags":[144,2351,1244,91,92],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccreerys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3989"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccreerys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccreerys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccreerys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccreerys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccreerys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3991,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccreerys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3989\/revisions\/3991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccreerys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccreerys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccreerys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3989"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccreerys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}