If You Look on Ebay or Ikea Every One Is Claiming Their Object Is Eames or Art Deco?
What really defines these styles?
What makes something Eames style?
What makes it Art Deco style?
Any help with definitions would be greatly appreciated. If you could refrain from using Wikpedia I would greatly appreciate it. I know it is not a reliable source since it is fluid and anyone can add to the text of it.
Links are appreciated. I just want to learn about these 2 styles. I find them very interesting. I do not have a libral arts background and would like to learn more. I only learned about technology, so anything else is great.
If you have book suggestions on furniture or archetecture that would be wonderful.
If you can think of a better category for these questions please let me know.
Well look at the Ikea stuff they are claiming it is Eames. I know it is not. I am familiar with the chair. I have seen it in person. I know someone who had one and loved it. He loved to live in that chair. I have a chair of another designer and I live in that chair as well. It is a form following function comfort factor thing. Thank you for you help.
Eames isn’t a style, it’s a famous (and very expensive)manufacturer of furniture. If you ever watch Frasier, he has an Eames chair – it’s the brown leather one next to the door leading out to his balcony (yes, I watch too much TV sometimes).
Art Deco was a style which reached the height of its popularity in the 1930s and early 1940s. The style can be seen in everything from jewelry to furniture to art to home decor to architecture. The Chrysler building in New York is considered the classic example of Art Deco architecture. The 1939 World’s Fair in New York is a great place to find examples of Art Deco – check the many websites out there.
I collect a lot of Art Deco pieces, and I share your frustration with Ebay. Unfortunately, it’s a popular style these days, so many Ebay sellers put it in their description hoping to attract buyers, even if the piece isn’t Deco at all. Needless to say, you also won’t find any authentic Deco at Ikea, either.
Sorry I don’t have links or book titles off the top of my head. There are a lot of Deco books out there – try searching "art deco" on Amazon and you should find plenty of books (with reviews).
Comment by crazed_actor — September 4, 2010 @ 4:56 pm