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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 265340, member: 2844&quot;]It would certainly be closer to 1902 than to true Art Deco.</p><p>To me it is transitional Art Nouveau-Art Deco.</p><p>Continental European Art Nouveau started to move away from the very elegant, flowery designs towards stronger, bolder lines and shapes. Art Deco didn&#039;t just happen one day, it evolved slowly from Art Nouveau.</p><p>The French &#039;Société des artistes décorateurs&#039; was founded in 1900. They started gathering decorative arts and funds for the exhibition Art Deco is called after, the &#039;Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes&#039;.</p><p>The exhibition was originally planned for 1915, but due to WWI it was postponed till 1925.</p><p>In 1902 continental Europe was in the middle of the transition from Art Nouveau to Art Deco. In Britain and North America the transition was later, which can lead to some confusion as to the date, but these are very much continental European candlesticks, so an earlier date.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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