Domestic architecture, interior furnishing and the design of household objects were the subject of a protracted debate during the 1930's. To increase Britain's export sales, standards of design had to be raised, but there was no consensus ...See moreDomestic architecture, interior furnishing and the design of household objects were the subject of a protracted debate during the 1930's. To increase Britain's export sales, standards of design had to be raised, but there was no consensus for either of the two contenders-Bauhaus and Swedish inspired functionalism on the one hand or the jazzy modernistic Art Deco style on the other. Written by
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