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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 4506717, member: 37"]Design is not static, nor created in a vacuum. It evolves over time and often is only identified somewhat retrospectively. By the time of the Paris exhibition in 1925, what we know of as art deco design was already in full swing. Its roots can be traced back to the arts and crafts movement, secessionism, and even art nouveau. The Bauhaus in germany started in 1919. De Stijl was founded in 1917. Gerrit Rietveld's red and blue chair, which is widely regarded as seminal to the art deco movement, was said to be inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. Charles Rennie Mackintosh was producing designs that might be considered art deco in appearance as early as the 1890s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your charming plate fits in to this evolution of style. While I am not a French ceramics expert, I am sure you can find French works dating back to the turn of the century that bears some resemblance to your plate. I know that in the US, there were several companies producing products with what might be considered art deco motifs in the early part of the 20th century.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 4506717, member: 37"]Design is not static, nor created in a vacuum. It evolves over time and often is only identified somewhat retrospectively. By the time of the Paris exhibition in 1925, what we know of as art deco design was already in full swing. Its roots can be traced back to the arts and crafts movement, secessionism, and even art nouveau. The Bauhaus in germany started in 1919. De Stijl was founded in 1917. Gerrit Rietveld's red and blue chair, which is widely regarded as seminal to the art deco movement, was said to be inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. Charles Rennie Mackintosh was producing designs that might be considered art deco in appearance as early as the 1890s. Your charming plate fits in to this evolution of style. While I am not a French ceramics expert, I am sure you can find French works dating back to the turn of the century that bears some resemblance to your plate. I know that in the US, there were several companies producing products with what might be considered art deco motifs in the early part of the 20th century.[/QUOTE]
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