Pair of Art Deco Scottie dog Bookends

A pair of Art Deco Scottie dog Bookends. A charming pair each showing a Scottie dog lying down and looking upwards with appealing eyes. Unsigned. Made from spelter, with glass eyes and lying on a rouge griotte marble  base. Unsigned. Excellent original condition with light wear commensurate with age. French circa 1925.

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 other ancient Central American art. It also drew on the modern architecture and design of the Bauhaus, and of architects such as Le Corbusier and Mies van de Rohe.

Dimensions: Base 8 x 15 centimetres.

Height to top of marble 11 centimetres.

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