Art Deco mirrored tray with glass borders and handles. A stunning piece of Art Deco glass. The glass is opalescent press moulded with a design of leaves. The design incorporates handles on each end and leafy borders to the side. All fixed on to a mirror base. Unsigned. French c 1925. A stunning addition to any art deco home. Art Deco was named after the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts held in Paris in 1925. It was the successor to and a reaction against art nouveau. Seen in furniture, pottery, textiles, jewellery, and glass it was also a notable style of cinema and hotel architecture.Its chief difference from art nouveau is the influence of cubism which gives art deco design generally a more fragmented, geometric character. However, imagery based on plant forms, and sinuous curves remained in some art deco design, for example that of Clarice Cliff. Art deco also varied in its influences, taking inspiration from ancient Egyptian art, Aztec and ...