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The Art Deco spire of the Chrysler Building in New York, built 1928–1930.

City Hall of Buffalo, New York, an Art Deco building.

Art Deco was a popular international art design movement from 1925 until the 1940s, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts and film. At the time, this style was seen as elegant, glamorous, functional and modern.

The movement was a mixture of many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including Neoclassical, Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, Art Nouveau, and Futurism.Its popularity peaked in Europe during the Roaring Twenties and continued strongly in the United States through the 1930s. Although many design movements have political or philosophical roots or intentions, Art Deco was purely decorative.

Art Deco experienced a decline in popularity during the late '30s and early '40s, but experienced a resurgence with the popularization of graphic design in the 1980s.

Art Deco had a profound influence on many later artistic movements, such as Memphis and Pop art. Surviving examples may still be seen in many different locations worldwide, in countries as diverse as China (Shanghai), United Kingdom, Spain, Cuba, Indonesia, the Philippines, Argentina, Romania, Australia, New Zealand, India, Brazil and the United States.

Many classic examples still exist in the form of architecture in many major cities. The Empire State Building and Chrysler Building, both in New York City, are two of the largest and best-known examples of the style.

Victorian antique furniture - victorian arts and crafts and antiques

Victorian antique furniture and arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era. The Victorian era is known for its eclectic revival and interpretation of historic styles and the introduction of cross-cultural influences from the middle east and Asia in furniture, fittings, and Interior decoration. The Arts and Crafts movement, the aesthetic movement, Anglo-Japanese style, and Art Nouveau style have their beginnings in the late Victorian era.

Architecture.

Victorian architecture Victorian style dining room, USA, early 1900s. Victorian style parlor, USA, early 1900s Room with Victorian design, early 1900s .

Interior decoration and design Interior decoration and interior design of the Victorian era are noted for orderliness and ornamentation. A house from this period was idealistically neatly divided in rooms, with public and private space carefully separated. The Parlor was the most important room in a home and was the showcase for the homeowners; where guests were entertained. A bare room was considered to be in poor taste, so every surface was filled with objects that reflected the owner's interests and aspirations.

The dining room was the second-most important room in the house. The sideboard was most often the focal point of the dining room and very ornately decorated.

Walls and ceilings. The choice of paint color on the walls in Victorian homes was said to be based on the use of the room. Hallways that were in the entry hall and the stair halls were painted a somber gray so as not to compete with the surrounding rooms. Most people marbleized the walls or the woodwork. Also on walls it was common to score into wet plaster to make it resemble blocks of stone. Finishes that were either marbled or grained were frequently found on doors and woodwork. "Graining" was meant to imitate woods of higher quality that were more difficult to work. There were specific rules for interior color choice and placement.

The theory of harmony by analogy was to use the colors that lay next to each other on the color wheel. And the second was the “harmony by contrast” that was to use the colors that were opposite of one another on the color wheel. There was a favored tripartite wall that included a dado or wainscoting at the bottom, a field in the middle and a frieze or cornice at the top. This was popular until the 19th century.

Fredrick Walton who created linoleum in 1863 created the process for embossing semi-liquid linseed oil, backed with waterproofed paper or canvas. It was applied much like wallpaper. This process made it easy to then go over the oil and make it resemble wood, leather or different types of leather.

On the ceilings that were 8-14 feet the color was tinted three shades lighter than the color that was on the walls and usually had a high quality of ornamentation because decorated ceilings were favored.

Victorian Furniture

There was not one dominant style of furniture in the Victorian period. Designers rather used and modified many styles taken from various time periods in history like Gothic, Tudor, Elizabethan, English Rococo, Neoclassical and others. The Gothic and Rococo revival style were the most common styles to be seen in furniture during this time in history. [edit] Wallpaper Wallpaper was often made in elaborate floral patterns with primary colors in the backgrounds, such as red, blue and yellow and overprinted with colours of cream and tan. This was followed by Gothic art inspired papers in earth tones with stylized leaf and floral patterns. William Morris was one of the most influential designers of wallpaper and fabrics during the latter half of the Victorian period. Morris was inspired and used Medieval and Gothic tapestries in his work. Embossed paper were used on ceilings and friezes.

New Antique Products - Antique Furniture and other antiques. June 2010

Antique 1930's Art Deco Pink Queen Anne Sofa Settee
Antique Victorian Bow Front Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Antique Georgian Mahogany Sideboard Bookcase Cabinet
Antique William IV Rosewood Scroll End Chaise Longue
2 Antique Oak Arts and Crafts Revival 1920's Armchairs
Antique 1940's Arts and Crafts Revival Oak Sideboard
Antique Georgian Mahogany 2 Over 3 Chest of Drawers
Antique Victorian Walnut Arts & Crafts Dressing Table
Antique Victorian Arts & Crafts Oak Writing Desk Table
Antique Victorian Oak Twin Pedestal Arts & Crafts Desk
2 Vintage Retro 1970s Tetrad Tan Leather Armchairs
2 Antique Regency Rosewood Bar Back Dining Chairs

4 Antique Art Deco English Silver Handled Butter Knives
5 Antique 20th Century English Steel Butter Knives
5 Antique Edwardian English Silver Handle Butter Knives

Antique Victorian Oxford Bar Back Windsor Kitchen Chair
Antique Victorian Shabby Chic White Dome Trunk Chest
Antique Shabby Chic White School Bookcase Cupboard
Antique Edwardian Hepplewhit e Mahogany Piano Seat Stool
Antique Victorian Mahogany Triple Wardrobe Linen Press
Antique Victorian Walnut Arts & Crafts Single Wardrobe
Vintage Retro 1970's Tomy Pocketeer "Basketbal l" Toy
Antique Victorian Oriental Seascape Ocean Watercolour
Antique Georgian Mahogany Chest on Chest of Drawers
Antique Victorian Style Gentleman Chap Club Bowler Hat
Vintage Retro 1970's Tomy Pocketeer Collectable Toy
Original Mother & Child Nathan Gutman Gouache Painting
Antique Victorian Mahogany Button Spoon Nursing Chair
1930's Art Deco Compactum Walnut Wardrobe 'The valet'
1930's Art Deco Walnut Jardiniere Plant Stand Table
Antique Victorian Rococo Style Silver Plated Tea Pot
Antique 1946 Rare Vintage Sailing Maritime Oil Painting
Antique Rare 1929 Watercolour Still Life Study Painting
Vintage Retro 1970's Tomy Pocketeer "Steeple Chase" Toy
Vintage Retro Bandai Missile Invader Handheld Toy
Antique Georgian Hepplewhit e Mahogany Dining Chair
Antique Victorian George Morland Child Soldiers Print
Antique Travel Poster on Metal by Roger Chapelet
Antique Georgian Oak Trinket Jewellery Box Mini Trunk
Antique 18th Century Queen Anne Elm Country Chair
Original Nathan Gutman Elderly Lady Gouache Painting
4 Antique 1930's Art Deco Panel Bk Walnut Dining Chairs
Original Set Peter Utton Erotic Watercolou r Cartoons
Antique Edwardian Silver Mappin & Webb Boxed Tea Spoons
Antique Victorian Seascape Oil on Board Painting
Original Charles Mottram Seascape Watercolour Painting
Antique Style Silver Plate Candelabra and Candle Sticks
Antique Edwardian Oak Envelope Foldout Games Card Table
Antique Scottish Portrait Print of a Baby in Wood Frame
Antique Georgian Mahogany Hepplewhite Dining Chair
Antique 1930's Art Deco Oak Dwarf Sideboard Dresser
Antique Style Louis XVI Rococo Dressing Table Mirror
Antique Victorian Rare Vintage Maritime Oil Painting
Antique Victorian Silver Plated Chamber Candle Stick
Antique 19th Century Fish Engraving Prints by J. Pass
1950's Abstract Oil on Board River Betty Pett Painting
Antique 1930's Art Deco Drop Arm Chesterfield Sofa
Antique Silver Plate R. Prinsky Set of Six Tea Spoons

Antique Victorian Shabby Chic Mahogany Black Sideboard

- 2 Art Deco 1930's Oak Orange Moquette Armchairs
- 2 Antique Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Corner Armchairs
- Antique Georgian Style Mahogany Bachelor Chest of Drawers
- Antique Victorian Mahogany Low Side Hall Table
- Antique Regency Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard Cabinet
- Antique Victorian Bergere Mahogany Armorial Hall Chair
- Antique Victorian Anglo Indian Padoukwood Colonial Chair
- Antique Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Pedestal Writing Desk
- 2 Antique Victorian Rococo Style Demi Lune Console Tables
- Antique 1930's Art Deco Oak Bookcase Display Cabinet
- Antique Victorian Flame Mahogany Scottish Chest of Drawers
- 2 Quality Antique Victorian Style Mahogany Bedside Cabinets
- Antique Victorian Arts & Crafts Walnut Chest of Drawers
- Antique 1930's Art Deco Burr Walnut Double Wardrobe

And this is new:

• 2 Victorian Antique English Staffordshire Spaniels Statues - WAR 810
• Antique Victorian Elm and Walnut Demi Lune Console Table - WAR 813
• Antique Style Oriental Chinese Hardwood Warrior on Horseback – WAR 816
• 2 Antique Style Porcelain Caskets with Dog Surmounts - WAR 830
• Antique Style Hardwood Dwarf Dome Top Coffer Chest – WAR 839
• 2 Antique Style Porcelain Cats – WAR 846
• 2 Antique Marble and Wrought Metal Cherub Book Stands - WAR 849
• Antique Unusual Brass and Stone Door Stop – WAR 852
• Antique Style Cherub and Gilt Mounted Statue – WAR 855

- Antique Victorian Solid Mahogany Hall Bedroom Chair
- Antique Cassone Style Carved Oak Chest Sideboard
- Antique Art Deco Barley Twist Oak Bureau Bookcase Cabinet
- Antique Early 20th Century Edwardian Mahogany Wardrobe

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