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The Art Deco Ocean Liner style, a French refinement<\/h2>\n

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In the early years of the 20th century, a new style was pressing in and shaking up the heavy Napoleon III decors. Tired of gilding, velvets, and piles of ornaments, the very young century announced something (almost) never seen before: purity and restraint. The ocean liner La Provence<\/i>, launched in 1906, literally set the tone: thick palettes were matched by clear color charts on neoclassical-inspired furniture. While the Louis XVI style was not far away, it was the Empire style that announced its great return, tamed and modernized. Not only refreshing in its style, La Provence<\/i> was also the first ocean liner equipped with wireless telegraphy. The broad guidelines that future transatlantic liners would follow were now launched: innovation, elegance, and modernity. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Some twenty years later, in 1927, the liner \u00cele-de-France was launched and embodied the quintessence of the French art of living. Comfortable, modern, luxurious, it took Art Deco, officially born in 1925, to America. At the helm of this remarkable achievement, the architect Louis S\u00fce (1875 – 1968) and the painter Andr\u00e9 Mare (1887 – 1968) created interiors that elegantly combined everything that made Art Deco so successful at the time. The Empire inspiration, the sober lines and geometric shapes of modern schools, the exaltation of surfaces by luxurious materials and a new way of experiencing furniture are all details that make up the decor of this immense liner. For a wealthy and active clientele, eager to get to the essentials without sacrificing comfort, the designers have created an asceticism that is in no way austere. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In 1932, the Normandie<\/i> was launched and its decoration was orchestrated by Jules Leleu, Jacques-\u00c9mile Ruhlmann, Paul Follot, the Lalique house and Jean Dunand. Ocean liners were now total works of art and as long as these cruises were not dethroned by transatlantic air crossings, they were the flagships of technical progress and embodied the innovations of national industries. Because everything concurred that these floating palaces competed in modernity. The various standards, the technical requirements (weight, fireproof properties of materials, etc.) required decorators to call on French companies and demonstrate creativity. This is how Lanvin chose to use aluminum and Formica to design the dressers in the first and second class cabins of the France liner. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Paquebot style does not, however, restrict its scope to the maritime area. Its growing success infiltrates the interiors of new apartments, themselves part of boat-shaped buildings. The Belv\u00e9d\u00e8re du Rayon Vert <\/i>hotel in Cerb\u00e8res built in 1928 or the La Cascade<\/i> building built in Belgium in 1939 are examples of this. The Streamline style meets the same requirements, while adopting another form of expression. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Streamline: America\u2019s Ode to Modern Speed<\/h2>\n

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If the term liner<\/i> refers to ocean liners, the Streamline<\/i> style refers to their streamlined profiles. The Americans choose to breathe the power and speed of giant ships into objects that are mainly used at home. The streamlined shapes of boats, the aerodynamics of hulls, tubular guardrails or powerful machinery are all lines that inspire designers. Objects, cars and architecture seem to be shaped by the resistance of structures to the breath of speed. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Marielle Brie de Lagerac <\/strong>Art historian for the art market and cultural media. Author of the blog L\u2019Art de l’Objet<\/p>\n

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