According to the Oxford English Living Dictionary, Art Deco is “Shortened from French art décoratif ‘decorative art’, from the 1925 Exposition des Arts décoratifs in Paris.  The predominant decorative art style of the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by precise and boldly delineated geometric shapes and strong colours and used most notably in household objects and in architecture.”

An intaglio (engraved in stone) relief carving- Above Channel Gardens Entrance of 620 Fifth Avenue. By architectural sculptor Lee Lawrie with colorist Leon V. Solon, 1933.