Art Deco

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by  Judith Miller

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COLLECTOR’S GUIDES
J U D I T H M I L L E R
ART DECO
J U D I T H M I L L E R
The essential, full-color
JUDITH MILLER began collecting antiques in the 1960s
and has since extended and reinforced her knowledge ART
DA collector’s guide to
through research in the UK and internationally.
ART DECO
In 1979,she was co-founder of the international Art Deco style
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bestseller Miller’s Antiques Price Guide,of which she
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was publisher until 1990.Judith has written more than CT
Art Deco is one of the most celebrated and
90 books on antiques and interiors,which are held in
enduring design styles of the 20th century.
high regard by collectors and dealers alike.In 2001, O
she began an exciting new venture with DK to build The only full-color visual reference to Art Deco Capturing the spirit and glamor of the 1920s and
an extensive full-color illustrated range of titles on 30s,the Art Deco period was an era of mass
that includes historical information, collectors’
antiques and collectibles.
consumption but also one of indulgence.At the
Judith is a regular lecturer and contributor to tips, and price guides height of the movement,innovative designers
newspapers and magazines.Her TV work includes
used exciting new materials and mass production
The House Detectives,The Antiques Trail,and The Martha
techniques to create iconic objects that were
Stewart Show.She lives in London with her family.
Over 1,000 items with precise descriptions,
widely available.Many examples survive today
up-to-date valuations, and “closer look” features and are relatively affordable and easy to find.
to help identify the most desirable pieces
Written by Judith Miller and Art Deco specialist
Nicholas M.Dawes,this is the complete visual
guide to a remarkable range of Art Deco
Features affordable collectibles and classic pieces, with work
collectibles.Works by the finest exponents of the
from key designers including René Lalique, Georg Jensen, J
style are explored,from the radical furniture
NICHOLAS M.DAWEShas over 30 years experience in U
Daum, and Clarice Cliff designs of Marcel Breuer and Alvar Aalto to
the world of decorative arts with a particular fondness
for Art Deco,and is a former specialist and auctioneer at exquisite Cartier jewelry—not just inexpensive
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Phillips and Sotheby’s in New York.He has contributed machine-made pieces,but also more luxurious
to numerous publications since the 1980s and is the Showcases all the popular Art Deco collecting categories—
I one-offs.Over 1,000 items are presented in full
author of several standard works,including Lalique
GlassandMajolica. from furniture and glass to jewelry and posters T color,with up-to-date price guides,and tips for
buying,selling,and collecting.Subject areas
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include furniture,textiles,glass,ceramics,
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manufacturers including Emile-Jacques
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C O L L E C T O R ’ S G U I D E S
ART DECO
Previous page: Green patinated bronze
table lampby Raymonde Guerbe in the Circular bronze medalliondecorated
form of a near-nude young woman in an in relief with sun-ray and star motifs and
Egyptian robe holding an orange, a scantily clad young woman holding
fan-shaped glass shade.1920s.201⁄2in lightning bolts above the earth.c.1930
(52 cm) high $2,000–3,000 HERR 23⁄4in (7 cm) wide $300–400 DD
C O L L E C T O R ’ S G U I D E S
ART DECO
J U D I T H M I L L E R
with Nicholas M. Dawes
Photography by Graham Rae
with Andy Johnson, John McKenzie, and Heike Löwenstein
Contents
Textiles 62
66 French Textiles
LONDON,NEW YORK, HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 6 68 Hot Collecting Field:
MUNICH,MELBOURNE,DELHI Handbags
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FOREWORD
A joint production from DKand
THE PRICE GUIDE COMPANY INTRODUCTION 8
DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED
Senior Editor Paula Regan Furniture 22
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Managing Editor Julie Oughton
Managing Art Editor Heather McCarry 26 Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann
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Editors David & Sylvia Tombesi-Walton 70 European and American
Art Editor Simon Murrell 34 French and Belgian Furniture
Textiles
38 Hot Collecting Field:Lighting
THE PRICE GUIDE COMPANY LIMITED 72 Rugs and Carpets
Publishing Manager Julie Brooke 40 Marcel Breuer 74 Fashion
Managing Editor Claire Smith 41 Alvar Aalto
Editorial Assistants Sandra Lange, Alexandra Barr
42 European Furniture
Digital Image Coordinator Ellen Sinclair Glass 76
Consultant Keith Baker
Chief Contributor John Wainwright
80 René Lalique
While every care has been taken in the compilation
of this guide, neither the authors nor the publishers 84 Marcel Goupy
accept any liability for any financial or other loss
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incurred by reliance placed on the information
contained in DK Collector’s Guides: Art Deco. 86 Daum
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60 British Furniture
Daum cameo-glass vase,p.86
Ceramics 106
Platinum “duette”
110 Sèvres
pin,p.171
111 Jean Mayodon
112 Goldscheider
116 Rosenthal
117 Meissen
118 Boch Frères
120 European Ceramics
124 Clarice Cliff
128 Susie Cooper
130 Hot Collecting Field:
Wall Masks
Jewelry 148 Posters and
132 Poole Pottery
133 Royal Doulton Graphics 212
152 Cartier
134 Carlton Ware
153 Chanel
136 Keith Murray 216 Jean Dupas
154 French Jewelry
138 British Ceramics 217 Jean Chassaing
158 Theodor Fahrner
218 European Posters
162 Georg Jensen
222 British Posters
164 European Jewelry
224 American Posters
166 Watches
168 Hot Collecting Field:
Appendices
Plastic Jewelry
170 AmericanJewelry
226 Glossary
Silver and 230 Directory of Dealers and
Auction Houses and their
Metalware 172
Source Codes
235 Directory of Museums
176 Christofle
236 Index
177 Paul Kiss
240 Acknowledgments
178 Georg Jensen
182 Hot Collecting Field:
Hood Ornaments
184 European Silver and
Metalware
188 Hot Collecting Field:
Cocktail and Barware
190 Norman Bel Geddes
191 Russel Wright
192 Chase Brass & Copper Co.
194 American Silver and
Metalware
196 Hot Collecting Field:Plastics
Sculpture 198
202 Ferdinand Preiss
Royal Winton Fan vase,p.138
203 Demêtre Chiparus
140 Cowan Pottery 204 Josef Lorenzl
142 Rookwood 206 Hagenauer Werkstätte
144 Roseville 208 Hot Collecting Field:Clocks
146 American Ceramics 210 European Sculpture English kettle and urn,p.184
How to use this book
DK Collector’s Guides: Art Deco is divided into eight chapters:furniture;textiles;glass;ceramics;
jewelry;silver and metalware;sculpture;and posters and graphics.Each chapter opens with an
introductory overview that discusses the historical background of the medium and its place in
Art Deco.Here you’ll also find a list of key design points.This is followed by profiles of the most
important Art Deco designers and factories from Great Britain,Europe,and the United States,as well
as examples of their work.Sidebars provide an at-a-glance list of key facts for each designer or factory,
and “A Closer Look”boxes highlight pieces of special interest.Every item is concisely described and
provided with its measurements,an up-to-date price,and,when possible,a date of production.
Designer Information
Key Facts Gives a fascinating insight into the career and
Lists important dates in the history history of an Art Deco designer or factory.Also
of each designer or factory,as well as highlights characteristics of their work and offers
particular characteristics of output. advice on what to look for when collecting.
CERAMICS SUSIE COOPER
KEY FACTS Susie Cooper
Form and decorationhighly
naturalistic,with flowing,unusual
designs incorporating flowers, Born in 1846 in Nancy,Lorraine,in eastern France,
insects,plants,trees,and fossils Emile Gallé studied botany,art history,and drawing,
Early studio piecessculptural in
appearance,clearly hand-made then learnt glassmaking skills at his father’s Nancy
and hand-decorated studio and at Burgun,Schverer & Co.in Meisenthal
Many pieces – verreries parlantes –
inscribed with lines of verse from
leading Symbolist poets,such as Born in 1846 in Nancy,Lorraine,in eastern tion,acid-etching,applied glass cabochons,
Baudelaire and Mallarmé France,Emile Gallé studied botany,art history, swirling colours,and inter-layered decoration of
Tnhaeti vteh ipsrtolevi,ntchee osfy Lmobrroali noef ,Goaftlleén’s ahnisd f adtrhaewr'isn Ng,atnhceyn slteuadrniot agnlads samt aBkuirnggu snk,iSllcs havte rer mhaentdal-lmic afdoeil sa.nGda pllréo’sd euacrelyd sitnu ldimioi tgeldas eswdiatrioe nwsa,s Laanyde oreradn cgaem leeaov egsl awsisth v apsineki,nr efodu,ra ncodl oourarsn,gwe itleha pviensk ,arnedd, Laanyde oreradn cgaem leeaov egsl awsisth v apsineki,nr efodu,ra ncodl oourarsn,gwe itleha pviensk ,arnedd, Laanyde oreradn cgaem leeaov egsl awsisth v apsineki,nr efdou,ra ncodl oourarsn,gwe itleha pviensk ,arnedd,
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incorporated into designs. decoration,but often became a model for the process,in which slabs ofhot coloured glass were
Dramatic relief decorationscreated maht decorative details.Other pieces were made pressed and rolled.
using marquetrie de verre process using a unique marquetrie de verre.Gallé’s early Born in 1846 in Nancy,Lorraine,in eastern
enamelled glass soon gave winayn otov amtivoer epieces, Fanradn dcera,wEimngil,et hGeanl llée astrundt igelda sbsomtaankyin,ga rstk hililsst oatr y, Laflaonywde eorresrad on cnga eam l eseatorva egwsl- acwsoistloh vu aprseinedk i,.nr1 ef9od0u,5ra n-c1od0l oo urarsn,gwe itleha pviensk ,arnedd,
using patina his father's Nancy studio and at Burgun. 9.5cm (33⁄4in) high
£400–500 GorL
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£400–500 GorL £400–500 GorL
SUCCESSFUL MARKETING
The talents ofthe Swedish designer
Vicke Lindstrand (1904–83) are
matched only by his versatility.He
was a sculptor and draughtsman,a
keen musician – he played the
church organ – and had worked
as a newspaper editor and
book illustrator before
turning his talents to designing for
glass,ceramics,and textiles.At Orrefors and
Kosta,his rich artistic background made him
oeqnue-aollfyf asttu hdoimo pe iwecieths, fdigoumraestitvice galnadss awbasrter,aacnt ddesigns, Lgalaysesr evda sceamine foour
sculpture,creating both small-scale pieces and huge complex colours,with pink,red,
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2 3
Layered cameo glass vasein four colours,with pink,red,
The Caption and orange leaves with pink,red,and orange leaves and
flowers on a straw-coloured .1905-10
Describes the piece in detail,including
9.5cm (33⁄4in) high
the materials used,the date it was
£400–500 GorL
made,and its measurements.
The Source Code
The Price Guide With the exception of museum pieces,most
All prices are shown in ranges to give you a ballpark items in the book were specially photographed
figure.If the piece is in a museum or has not been at an auction house,dealer,antiques market,
seen on the market for some time and no price is or private collection.Each source is credited
available,the letters NPA will be used. here.See pp.230–34 for full listings.
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Foreword
Standing in front of the Chrysler Building in New York and gazing up at its sculpted
roof,you cannot help but be stunned by the beauty of its Art Deco style.The lines of
the skyscraper sum up much of what Art Deco means to me—streamlined,elegant,
and the first glimpse of the “modern”look that would define the 20th century.
In fact,the Art Deco period has become such an iconic era of
the last 100 years that it is strange to think the movement was
only given its name in the 1960s,when people wanted a blanket
term for the many exciting new ideas that had emerged
during the 1920s and 30s.Art Deco has come to mean
everything from the exclusive,classical French designs of
Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann to the revolutionary,clean Modernist
lines of Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
Lorenzl nude dancer
Its popularity at the time was aided by the post–World War I statue,p.205
economy and technological developments that led to the rise
of mass production.Many pieces,such as jewelry and radios,
were made in the newly popularized plastic and were in the Art Deco style,
but they were more affordable than much of the furniture,glass,silver,and
ceramics being produced by most big-name designers.
New trade links and improved communications allowed the trend to spread
worldwide.The obsession with speed and travel is reflected in the familiar
streamlined designs of vivid posters featuring ships and trains.
What many people tend to forget is that this was also an age of female
pioneers.At a time when women were only just winning the vote in Great
Britain (1918) and the United States (1920),women such as Clarice Cliff
were running their own businesses and marketing their own work.As Art
Deco challenged old ideas,it allowed women new freedoms.
Art Deco’s association with cocktail parties and the jazz scene makes it a
seductive movement for collectors—one that rejected old-fashioned Victorian
values and allowed flapper girls to revel in the liberation of dances such
as the Charleston.I like to think that each time I buy a piece of Art
Deco glass,I am bringing a little of that glamour back to life.
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I N T R O D U C T I O N
What is Art Deco?
When the musician Louis Armstrong was asked “What is jazz?”,he replied:“If you
have to ask,you will never know.”He could justifiably have given the same reply
about Art Deco,the movement that engulfed his own unique artistry as it raced
through interwar culture at exhilarating speed.
Most protagonists of the Art Deco movement would not have been
familiar with the term that came to define them,however.Unlike Art
Nouveau,which was in common parlance by
the 1890s,Art Deco is a relatively modern term.
It was coined in 1966,when a museum exhibition
held in the French capital presented a retrospective of
the 1925 Paris Exposition.The term derives from the first
syllables of the French for decorative arts (arts décoratifs),
words that appeared in the full title of the seminal 1925
event:Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs
et Industriels Modernes.The exhibition
The Chrysler Buildingin New York is an impressive
example of Art Deco architecture.In a celebration of
the Age of Speed and the motor car,its tower’s
distinctive ornamentation was inspired by the
hubcaps of Chrysler automobiles.
Goldscheider figure of a young
female dancercast in ceramic from
a sculpture by Josef Lorenzl.The
dynamic pose,slim figure,short dress,
and bobbed hair with a skullcap are
characteristic of fashionable young
women of the 1920s and 30s
and of Lorenzl’s depiction of
them.c.1930.171⁄4in (44 cm)
high $7,000–9,000 JES
W H A T I S A R T D E C O ?
featured contributions from 34 countries,and a host of individual
designers,ranging in taste from traditional to outrageously avant-garde.
Art Deco was intended as an umbrella term to define this extraordinary
variety.For this reason,there is no such thing as an Art Deco style,but
rather there are many versions,evolved over three decades,mostly in
Europe and the United States.
The common theme is a clear intent to be “modern,”a relatively
Mahogany secretaireby Jules Leleu inlaid with
new and daring concept for a generation whose parents had lived in rosewood.It has two doors enclosing a fitted
interior above an arched apron flanked by a pair
of drawers.On tapering octagonal legs.c.1930
the Victorian age.This modernity is the essential ingredient in all Art 473⁄4in (121 cm) wide $30,000–40,000 GYG
Deco production,whether it is the earliest,exotic taste inspired by the
Ballets Russes in Paris before World War I,or the shiny glitz of an
American diner from the 1940s.
Exposure to great Art Deco is seductive and intoxicating.Be aware of
this if you choose to collect,but with a good eye,regular exposure,and
passion,you will eventually feel the same way about this eclectic art Silver-plated tea setby Joseph Rodgers & Sons of Birmingham,
England.The teapot,hot-water pot,V-form milk jug,and matching
sugar bowl are of angular form,with Bakelite handles.1935
movement as Louis Armstrong did about jazz music. Teapot: 71⁄2in (19 cm) high $7,000–9,000 JES
Fantasque teapotby Clarice Cliff.Of conical form,it has a Globular vaseby Charles Schneider,with an everted rim and a
triangular spout and handle,and a Chinese hat lid,painted spreading foot in black glass.The latter contrasts with the red
with a Broth Bubble pattern against a green,orange,blue,and and orange intercalaire glass body etched with pairs of curved,
black-banded ground.c.1930.7 in (18 cm) high $900–1,200 ROS straplike bands.c.1925.9in (22.75cm) high $9,000–12,000 DD
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