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Art Deco Shows Its Roots

By FRANCIS MORRONE
September 26, 2008

"Art Deco" was not coined until 1968, when the art historian Bevis Hillier used the term in his book "Art Deco of the 20s and 30s." In those times, you might have heard such terms as "le style moderne," or "la mode 1925." The latter refers to the…

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