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2. Art Deco in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Art Deco style, which originated in France just before World War I, had an important impact on architecture and design in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s.The most notable examples are the skyscrapers of New York City, including the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, and Rockefeller Center.

3. Art Deco - Wikipedia

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   During the 1930s, Art Deco had a noticeable effect on house design in the United Kingdom, [57] as well as the design of various public buildings. [77] Straight, white-rendered house frontages rising to flat roofs, sharply geometric door surrounds and tall windows, as well as convex-curved metal corner windows, were all characteristic of that ...

4. Streamline Moderne - Wikipedia

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   Streamline Moderne is an international style of Art Deco architecture and design that emerged in the 1930s. Inspired by aerodynamic design, it emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements. In industrial design, it was used in railroad locomotives, telephones, buses, appliances, and other devices to give the ...

5. Vintage Depression Glass Worth Wallet-Shattering Prices - AOL

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   Price on eBay: $400 MacBeth-Evans Petalware had a graceful, flower-like design that came in a variety of colors. Produced between 1930 and 1940, this Depression glass pattern features delicate ...

6. Art Deco architecture of New York City - Wikipedia

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   [1]: 111 Other notable Art Deco skyscrapers in downtown include the Irving Trust Company Building (1929–1931), designed with a "curtain" exterior and Hildreth Meiere-produced mosaics in the interior; [1]: 99–102 120 Wall Street (1929–1930), with a wedding-cake form and a red granite and limestone base; [21]: 71 and the City Bank-Farmers ...

7. Times Square Building (Rochester) - Wikipedia

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   The trompe-l’oeil style is used for the decor throughout the building's interior and features various depictions of stylized wheat in reference to Rochester's presence as "the flour city". The building originally hosted a Depression era mural by Carl William Peters (1897-1980) on exhibit from its opening that was later destroyed.