work on the subject for many years to come." "With over 1,000 illustrations in colour and black-and-white." --Book Jacket.

Explores the tradition of the streamlined design and reveals how it was manifested in the great buildings, furniture, and merchandise of the 1930s.

Originally published in 2003 as the catalog of an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Art Deco architecture flourished in large cities and small towns throughout America in the 1920s and 1930s. The style is now captured in over 500 color photos o

This exploration of Art Deco architectural design embraces many different times and places in its visual and verbal account of the movement's origins, developme