Before writing this story, I had some idea of the Art Nouveau movement, but would be pushed to pinpoint where exactly it deviated from what we know about Art Deco interior design. In terms of eras ...

whose pink marble lobby has a vaulted aluminum ceiling in sunburst motifs, and the 1927 Fred F. French Building, which features a bronze lobby with elaborate art deco designs. (Getty Images ...

The style was a backlash to the flowing lines and nature-inspired motifs of Art Nouveau, an art movement that dominated interiors at the end of the 19th century. Art Deco rejected the past in ...

This new modern style prized vertical designs that drew the eye upwards, decorative glass and metalwork with geometric and floral motifs ... vice president of The Art Deco Society of New York ...