deco style

This silver bead and pearl deco style applique and trim is an exquisite thing - its like a large ornate piece of jewelery. I had not seen them before I came across this one, but I may be hooked! I am thinking that it would be lovely to make it into a necklace for a dazzling wedding ensemble...http://www.etsy.com/listing/77035274/gorgeous-vintage-wedding-silver-bead-and

There is something about the cool smooth and angular patterns of deco that give it a certain sophistication.

These beautiful clear buttons also speak of deco
http://www.etsy.com/listing/77034204/1940s-1950s-large-clear-buttons-with

This nut cracker from the seventies also continues the theme of cool elegance.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/77135619/cool-retro-1970s-modernist-clear-block

My final delicious piece of deco inspired stuff are these wonderful lucite star shaped candle holders. From the sixties and it seems to me that a revival of deco can be found in the modernist leanings of the these modern (now retro) times - must be why I like it so much!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/76507923/pair-of-1960s-clear-lucite-moravian

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