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17th December 2006 Art Deco Fair Hove
The fair was quite good today with a good attendance from the public and resonable sales with a lot of additional interest in the website.
Hove dates for 2007
11th February
15th April
10th June
19th August
14th October
16th December
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Colin
20th Century Design 7th February 2007
The 20th Century experienced three major design movements some influenced by the awakening from two world wars.
Art Nouveau with its fluid and natural themes where artists wanted to return to craftsmanship, simplicity and nature.
The movement swept through Europe and the USA from the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries.
The finest examples of Art Nouveau are difficult to find and therefore command high prices. However the high demand at the time linked with the introduction of mass production techniques led to Europe and the USA being swamped with industry made objects. Some of these items were of dubious artistic merit, but even these may nevertheless be of a collectable interest
The Art Deco movement produced items of high quality with inventive forms and colours which are most sort after. The designs from the twenties remind us of the giddy twenties, which was the era of Jazz and Hollywood. During the thirties new items appeared that reflected changing lifestyles such as car mascots and cocktail glasses
When did Art Deco end? Why did it end? What followed it? In a sense it never ended although the flair in terms of design seems to have ended at the end of the twenties but it continued as new designers emerged until the start of the second world war.
Mid Century Modern by the mid 1950s not just in Britain but throughout Europe and the USA there was a heightened awareness of the value of texture as a creative force within home furnishings. This resulted in the brave use of new materials such as plastics and experiments in the use of clashing colours.
These innovative designs are now highly sort after as statement pieces in to-days minimalist homes.
Customers Quote of the Week
Are those Homemaker plates expensive as my mothers cat has one.
Verner Panton
Verner Panton trained at the Odense Technical School and Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Initially he joined Arne Jacobsen between 1950-52 and by 1955 he had opened his own design office in Bissingen, Switzerland.
He looked to new materials such as plastic and steel wire to find inspiration for new furniture designs which resulted in the cone chairs of 1958-59.
He continued to challenge the concepts of modern design through the use of innovative materials, shapes and textures covering furniture, lighting and the design of controversial public spaces.
New Antiques Books
See our stock featured in the book 101 Antiques of the Future by Michael Hogbin published by New Holland pages 10 & 123
