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1925 Paris Exhibition’s Impact on US Art Deco Design and Crafts SOLD OUT

The style now known as Art Deco was introduced to the world at the 1925 Exposition des arts décoratifs et industriels held in Paris. This international gathering of artists, designers, and craftsmen was intended to be a showcase for modernism in design; entries needed to show “clearly modern tendencies…” “…not historical styles.” The exposition drew visitors from around the globe who marveled at what they saw. And they took the ideas home and applied them to everything from architecture, interiors, decorative arts, furniture, fashion, jewelry, and…just about anything. The impact was staggering.

Please Join us for an illustrated lecture about the influence of the 1925 Paris Exposition in the United States and a celebration of a century of Art Deco. The lecture, which will be presented by decorative arts historian Marilyn F. Friedman, will explore the ways in which the concepts seen at the Exposition were presented to the American public, including shows at museums, department stores, and designers’ organizations. She will also discuss how designers such as Donald Deskey, Eugene Schoen, Kem Weber, Eleanor Le Maire, and Joseph Urban adopted and adapted the design that today we call Art Deco.











When: Tue., Mar. 11, 2025 at 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Where: The General Society Library
20 W. 44th St.
212-840-1840
Price: $15
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The style now known as Art Deco was introduced to the world at the 1925 Exposition des arts décoratifs et industriels held in Paris. This international gathering of artists, designers, and craftsmen was intended to be a showcase for modernism in design; entries needed to show “clearly modern tendencies…” “…not historical styles.” The exposition drew visitors from around the globe who marveled at what they saw. And they took the ideas home and applied them to everything from architecture, interiors, decorative arts, furniture, fashion, jewelry, and…just about anything. The impact was staggering.

Please Join us for an illustrated lecture about the influence of the 1925 Paris Exposition in the United States and a celebration of a century of Art Deco. The lecture, which will be presented by decorative arts historian Marilyn F. Friedman, will explore the ways in which the concepts seen at the Exposition were presented to the American public, including shows at museums, department stores, and designers’ organizations. She will also discuss how designers such as Donald Deskey, Eugene Schoen, Kem Weber, Eleanor Le Maire, and Joseph Urban adopted and adapted the design that today we call Art Deco.

Buy tickets/get more info now