The title says American style in the 1920s but creativity doesn't stop or start when the decades change and fortunately, the contents of this book morph in the 1930s. The two authors have done a wonderful survey of the arts in America, especially considering ceramics, jewelry, furniture, interior decor, housewares and a nod toward transport. As the book is a permanent reminder of an exhibition with hundreds of items on display, architecture only really gets a text mention.
I found it interesting to read about the huge influence that European art and design had on home-grown creative folk. The forty-six-page listing of the exhibits in the back of the book gives the artists' nationality, and probably more than half were born overseas.
The book is a handsome production, virtually all the photos are still-life studio shots rather collected from outside sources with varying quality. I thought this was a super survey of past American style that still looks intriguing today.
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