American Art Deco
- ISBN-10
- 0810923491
- ISBN-13
- 9780810923492
- Series
- American Art Deco
- Category
- Art deco
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Author
- Alastair Duncan
Description
Explores the tradition of the streamlined design and reveals how it was manifested in the great buildings, furniture, and merchandise of the 1930s.
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