TY - BOOK AU - Duncan, Alastair TI - Art Deco SN - 9780500202302 U1 - VSCL PY - 1988/// CY - London PB - Thames and Hudson KW - Art KW - Art deco style KW - Art history KW - Decorative arts KW - Design N1 - Art Deco is one of the most exciting chapters in the history of the decorative arts. Conceived in France before the First World War, it spread throughout Europe and had its greatest and most spectacular success in the United States. Myriad influences shaped the style - Cubism, Constructivism, Orientalism, the Ballets Russes, the Bauhaus - and its exponents included many of the century's most celebrated artists, designers and craftsmen ER -