This clock is from the 1920s. Shows the clean lines of design during that period and the classic proporations of the Art Deco designers, after the elaborate features favoured by the Victorians.

This extraordinary blend of tradition and progress, combined with a lively eclecticism, is found throughout the V&A's Art Deco objects. The Art Deco objects in the V&A collections span furnishings, ...

The iridescence in the glass marks this out as continental origin, from the art nouveau period. It was bought in a job lot from an auction. Comments are closed for this object What's this?

Carried on the winds of commerce and capitalism, Art Deco quickly became popular around the world. New modes of communication, media and transport helped transmit the aesthetic to a wide audience. The ...

Art Deco’s goal was to create appealing objects for everybody. The 1920s helped to refine Art Deco, so by 1930, the influence of Art Deco had spread far and wide, touching on all aspects of ...