Right there with you on Egyptian Sampler. And I even bs-d as I went. But that bottom half has a lot of bs. sigh. On the other hand, it's easy to bs and watch something on TV that's moderately involving...
Which is rather pardoxical really given that a well-to-do young woman of the 1920s was considered properly dressed while wearing rather less fabric than her predecessor of 1895.
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I *love* Art-Deco.
I _*CANNOT*_ convince my mum that what she think is Art Deco is actually Art-Nouveau and/or earlier stuff. But that's my problem...
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I always get mixed up which is which. However, in this case the magazine says it's Art Deco! So I'm sorted.
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e.g.
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/FIP/AT-00074-C~Geometric-Art-Deco-Posters.jpg
If it were Nouveau, the window arch and the cabinet she's sitting on would have a lot more fussy lines like this:
http://www.johncoulthart.com/images/art_nouveau3_1.gif
And the girl herself may be slightly more deshabille e.g.
http://stores.czechgifts.org/catalog/The%20Art%20Nouveau%20Design%20Book.jpg
Which is rather pardoxical really given that a well-to-do young woman of the 1920s was considered properly dressed while wearing rather less fabric than her predecessor of 1895.
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