What could be more glamorous than a combination of hand-applied gold leaf, a mirror top, and feminine curves on an Art Deco side table? Nothing seems to come to mind. The Worlds Away Bennito Side Table ($1180) is an Eva Zeisel-meets-Grace-Kelly furnishing for the modern woman.
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Anyone with a little design savvy, flower-philia, or an appreciation for the way that flowers' shapes lend themselves to pattern will covet Plants and Their Application to Ornament. This reprint of Eugène Grasset 's 1897 design book features amazing botanical illustrations of a variety of flowers, from water lilies to lilacs. Each flower illustration is adapted as a pattern for use in such home design applications as rugs, stained glass windows, metalwork, and tile work.
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I heart the Art Deco curlicue shape of this Paris Coffee Table ($1,645) like Milton Glaser hearts NY. It's chunky, solid, reclaimed elm top keeps its calligraphy-esque shape from seeming too la-di-dah, so it mixes well with a variety of décor styles. I may not live in the City of Lights, but I'd surely love to enjoy du vin et fromage on this beauty.
Art deco is a bold, industrial design style characterized by geometric shapes — particularly triangles — sharp angles, heavy lines, and bold typography. The term grew out of a modern decorative arts exposition held in Paris in 1925, and though the trend continued well into the 1930s, art deco is very closely associated with the styles of the Roaring '20s.
Influenced by the emerging technology of the machine age, as well as the Cubist art movement, art deco can be found everywhere from skyscrapers to poster art to furniture design. RSS Feed 
