Art Deco

n. style of interior design and architecture and jewelry that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s in which geometrical forms and daring colors and outlines were used

Art Deco was a popular design movement from 1920 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts, and film. This movement was, in a sense, an amalgam of many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, Bauhaus, Art Nouveau, and Futurism. Its popularity peaked during the Roaring Twenties. Although many design movements have political or philosophical roots or intentions, Art Deco was purely decorative. At the time, this style was seen as elegant, functional, and ultra modern.
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Noun
1. a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s; marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production
(hypernym) artistic movement, art movement

n. art deco, style of interior design and architecture and jewelry that was popular in the 1920's and 1930's, in which geometrical forms and daring colors and outlines were used

The geometric style that succeeded Edwardian jewelry beginning in the teens, and reaching full flower in the mid 1920's. This style was characterized by zigzags and sharp angles rather than the curves of the previous era. Colored stones were utilized more, and the opaque stones such as jade, onyx and coral were set in geometric shapes. Sleek animals such as Borzoi and Greyhound dogs were feautured in some designs. The style started out with relatively delicate designs, transitioning from the Edwardian, but more geometric and angular, and progressed to more the more bold and blocky style also called Art Moderne.