My Finest ART DECO Item

Marc Chevalier · Sep 26, 2009

Love it! :eusa_clap

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NicknNora · Sep 26, 2009

I love all of the art deco items in this thread! Great pocket watch, Marc. I love the slipshade chandelier, the magazine rack, the lamp and boy am I jealous, Paddy, over that clock. I love it when I can find a cool deco piece at a real steal of a price like you did. :eusa_clap

I have a number of favorite art deco pieces, some are original and some are reproduction. I don't think I could choose just one favorite. [huh] I used to have a really gorgeous French art deco chandelier but the electrician I hired to install it dropped it during the installation. Yeah, he dropped it.

Remarkably the only thing that broke were two (maybe three) of the small glass shades on the chandelier. The center glass didn't break at all but the metal part of the lamp was really mangled. I had the place I bought it from try to repair it but they couldn't locate the same type of glass shades and the ones they added pale in comparison to the originals. Sadly, the chandelier is a mere shadow of it's former self. It really broke my heart. I also have a couple of beautiful glass wall sconces that came from a hotel in Miami that I just love. I don't currently have them installed but in our last place I had them on either side of the fireplace (actually I may have a photo of that...I'll have to look)

I don't have any photos of my favorite pieces but maybe in a day or so I can borrow my daughters phone camera to take a few photos.

I hope more people will share their art deco treasures. I love looking at them.

Fletch · Sep 26, 2009

Shangas said:
My favourite art deco doohickey is my 1930 lever-fill Sheaffer Balance OS (Oversize), medium-nibbed fountain pen, in marine-green marbled celluloid.

This one:

I have that exact pen. (I think. Not sure whether it's OS.)

Shangas · Sep 26, 2009

An "oversize" or senior pen should have a length that's roughly divisible into thirds. The cap should be half the length of the remaining barrel-length (from the lip of the cap to the end of the barrel. A smaller pen is usually balanced half-half (the cap and remaining barrel-length are more or less the same).

Foofoogal · Sep 26, 2009

Art Deco is one of the main things I look for and try to keep. I adore it.

NicknNora · Sep 27, 2009

Foofoogal said:
Art Deco is one of the main things I look for and try to keep. I adore it.

Me too!

repeatclicks · Sep 29, 2009

Not mine, but I happen to work in a well known vintage shop here in London that sells some real hum-dingers as far as Art Deco... This photo does not do the torch chandelier justice, but thought you'd appreciate it anyway.

Unlucky Berman · Oct 1, 2009

J.J. Gittes said:
Marc, That is the watch of all watches!

This isn't mine but my fathers. From a French Hotel found by my grandfather in a salvage yard in New York.

:eusa_clap That's a nice one. Quite similiar to some art nouveau table lamps I have seen. Wished I had something like that on my desk.

PADDY · Oct 1, 2009

Shall we shimmy..?

I used my little dancing girl to profile an Art Deco watch of mine.

The Lonely Navigator · Oct 9, 2009

I'd have to say that my "finest" find was a 'Solitaire' bakelite vase by the Dura Co.

I bought it for a mere $10 at one of the local antique shops but I've only learned not too awful long ago, just how rare they are.

I don't have a photo available at the time - but can take one.

Mine is a mint green bakelite.

But here is a photo I could find of the black version:

from that site:

(manufactured by Dura around 1935. They are made out of bakelite and chrome plated brass)

Dura was a company specialised in manufacturing decorative objects of which very few have survived on the market. It is believed that Helen Dryden was, at one point, the art director of the company. She also did work for Chase.

Antje · Oct 9, 2009

I love art deco, but I don't own real art deco.

I would love to have a figurine of a borzoi or other sighthound with a lady next to it.
there are a lot borzoi art deco figurine's and I totally love them

Kitty_Sheridan · Oct 10, 2009

Dhermann, I have the bureau that matches your sideboard! And weirdly so does my friend Nat! We both picked them up at Car boot sales for £5!
World of the strange......

BinkieBaumont · Oct 11, 2009

Antje said:
I love art deco, but I don't own real art deco.

I would love to have a figurine of a borzoi or other sighthound with a lady next to it.
there are a lot borzoi art deco figurine's and I totally love them

"Borzois or "Russian Wolf hounds" were Hugely popular, but so were Greyhounds, I have a couple of "Italian" miniature greyhounds and this sculpture, of Diana chasing a gazelle with with her hounds, when I purchased it it was missing the spear so i used a sate stick stained and pained it gold and rubbed it with shoe polish to give "Patina"

Modigliani

The Hon Deborah Mitford sister of novelist Nancy

Foofoogal · Oct 11, 2009

I will have to show my vintage lace tablecloth. It has gazelles on it.
Awesome piece you have there.

http://sandysfancypants.blogspot.com

vitanola · Oct 12, 2009

BinkieBaumont said:
"Borzois or "Russian Wolf hounds" were Hugely popular, but so were Greyhounds, I have a couple of "Italian" miniature greyhounds and this sculpture, of Diana chasing a gazelle with with her hounds, when I purchased it it was missing the spear so i used a sate stick stained and pained it gold and rubbed it with shoe polish to give "Patina"

Modigliani

The Hon Deborah Mitford sister of novelist Nancy

Sister also of both Diana and Unity Mitford. Diana, of course, became the consort of Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the BUF (British Union of Fascists) Unity was quite close to Cpl. Hitler. Another sister, Jessica, was a committed communist from the early 'thirties. Deborah and her husband, the Duke of Devonshire were the guiding lights behind gthe SDP in the 'eighites.

All of the Mitfords of Deborah's generation wrote and spoke well. Diana was a positively brilliant conversationalist, an excellent writer, and a shrewd literary critic. A fascinating family, indeed!

cookie · Oct 17, 2009

vitanola said:
Sister also of both Diana and Unity Mitford. Diana, of course, became the consort of Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the BUF (British Union of Fascists) Unity was quite close to Cpl. Hitler. Another sister, Jessica, was a committed communist from the early 'thirties. Deborah and her husband, the Duke of Devonshire were the guiding lights behind gthe SDP in the 'eighites.

All of the Mitfords of Deborah's generation wrote and spoke well. Diana was a positively brilliant conversationalist, an excellent writer, and a shrewd literary critic. A fascinating family, indeed!

The book "The Sisters" is a top read for those who love the 30s and one of its most amazing families.

http://www.amazon.com/Sisters-Saga-...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255779694&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?u...&field-keywords=the+mitford+sisters&x=15&y=21

Lamplight · Oct 17, 2009

I don't know much about furniture, but this looked Art Deco to me so I bought it. I'm fairly certain it's at least 1930s, though it may very well be much newer. It looks "Depression Modern" to me:

It seems to be pretty well made and holds most of my clothing while I still haven't finished my closet.

NicknNora · Oct 17, 2009

PADDY said:
I used my little dancing girl to profile an Art Deco watch of mine.

I love your taste, Paddy - Another nice piece! :eusa_clap

NicknNora · Oct 17, 2009

BinkieBaumont said:
"Borzois or "Russian Wolf hounds" were Hugely popular, but so were Greyhounds, I have a couple of "Italian" miniature greyhounds and this sculpture, of Diana chasing a gazelle with with her hounds, when I purchased it it was missing the spear so i used a sate stick stained and pained it gold and rubbed it with shoe polish to give "Patina"

The Hon Deborah Mitford sister of novelist Nancy

Nice Diana statue!

Shangas · Oct 18, 2009

More Art Deco fountain pens:

The big pen with the conical end and the fat, round cap is a 1930s Wahl-Eversharp Skyline. One of the most famous Art Deco, streamlined fountain pens ever. And an absolutely WONDERFUL writer.

The two other pens are also Wahl-Eversharps. They're from the metal "Art Deco" line and date from the mid 1920s. They feature Greek Key engine-turned barrels and caps in 14kt gold-fill on brass. The smaller of the two Art Deco pens is a vest-pocket ringtop model, designed to be worn on a man's Double-Albert watch-chain. Ringtop fountain pens (for men and women) died out in the 1940s.

All three pens work marvellously and I am enjoying them VERY much.

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