{"product_id":"fumoir-en-laque-french-art-deco-interior-print-paris-1925","title":"Paris 1925 - Fumoir En Laque","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis plate documents a lacquered smoking room of extraordinary architectural ambition. The composition is organized around a tiered, pyramidal ceiling that steps downward in receding geometric planes, each ledge edged with small red accent details, above a chamber of near-total darkness. Against deep chocolate-brown lacquered walls, a single bold red-and-white abstract painting provides the room's only chromatic release, functioning less like conventional wall art and more like a devotional focal point. A saffron-yellow floor grounds the composition and throws the angular black-and-white furniture into sharp silhouette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy We Picked It\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe stepped ceiling is the structural argument of the piece — an architectural form with clear echoes of the Aztec and Assyrian ziggurat motifs that were actively filtering into Art Deco vocabulary through the cross-cultural curiosity of the 1920s. The rendering technique deploys flat color fields against precise linear detail, giving the plate a dual quality: it reads simultaneously as technical architectural drawing and finished artwork. The lacquer treatment referenced in the title — high-gloss black panels that collapse depth and eliminate shadow — creates a sense of ceremonial enclosure that few domestic interior illustrations of the period achieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotable Context\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe fumoir was a codified space in French bourgeois interiors of the era masculine, semi-private, and architecturally distinct from the reception rooms. Placing one inside a fictional French diplomatic residence gave it a weight beyond domesticity: it became a room for authority rather than leisure. The lacquer treatment reflects France's sustained and sophisticated engagement with East Asian decorative arts, which by the 1920s had moved well past direct borrowing into a fully absorbed aesthetic philosophy of gloss, geometry, and controlled darkness. Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, and Jean Dunand were among the period's most prominent practitioners of French lacquer work, and the vocabulary of this room belongs squarely to that tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis plate was produced as part of the documentation of the landmark French installation at the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes — the exhibition that gave Art Deco its name and its international profile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Publication\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe 1925 Paris Exposition was the defining moment of Art Deco as a named and internationally recognized movement. France's participation was organized through the Société des Artistes Décorateurs and positioned the country's decorative arts industry as the global standard for modern luxury. The exhibition commissioned collaborations between leading architects, furniture makers, textile artists, and craftspeople, resulting in room installations that no longer exist in physical form. These plates are primary documents of a design language at its moment of highest articulation — rooms seen by millions in 1925 and never built again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Are Violets Blue","offers":[{"title":"8x10 • Unframed","offer_id":71294745051389,"sku":"P25Fumoir-s1p-8x10-unf-vf","price":26.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8x10 • White Metal","offer_id":71294745084157,"sku":"P25Fumoir-s1p-8x10-wh-ml-vf","price":51.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8x10 • Black Metal","offer_id":71294745116925,"sku":"P25Fumoir-s1p-8x10-bl-ml-vf","price":51.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x15 • Unframed","offer_id":71294745149693,"sku":"P25Fumoir-s1p-12x15-unf-vf","price":36.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 • Unframed","offer_id":71294745182461,"sku":"P25Fumoir-s1p-16x20-unf-vf","price":49.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 • White Metal","offer_id":71294745215229,"sku":"P25Fumoir-s1p-16x20-wh-ml-vf","price":100.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 • Black Metal","offer_id":71294745247997,"sku":"P25Fumoir-s1p-16x20-bl-ml-vf","price":100.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/3349\/5805\/files\/Paris1925_Fumoir.png?v=1789350876","url":"https:\/\/arevioletsblue.com\/products\/fumoir-en-laque-french-art-deco-interior-print-paris-1925","provider":"Are Violets Blue","version":"1.0","type":"link"}