Rejecting the luxuriousness of the 1920s, '30s American designers developed simpler, more useful objects that merged artistic and industrial aesthetics suitable for mass production. 

The famous Camille Faure enamel art deco vases are probably one of the most stunning pieces manufactured during the art deco era. Highly sought by collectors around the world, the technique and production methods remained for a very long time undocumented.  

Rejecting the luxuriousness of the 1920s, '30s American designers developed simpler, more useful objects that merged artistic and industrial aesthetics suitable for mass production.  

As "Art Deco" evolved in the 1930s, modern transportation and industrial design began to have an even greater impact on the life of people. The "streamlined" character of automobiles, airplanes, trains inspired powerful horizontal architectural compositions.