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Pepin Press - Fancy Designs 1920.

91 tiff + jpg, 380 MB.

The end of World War I was experienced by a great number of people as a decisive break with the past. The industrial boom that occurred, first in the United States and later also in Europe, brought with it a critical change in lifestyle. Whether they were called the ‘Roaring Twenties’, the ‘Jazz Age’ or the ‘années folles’, the 1920s were a celebration of amusement, lightness, and fun. Fancy Designs 1920 provides a collection of the gay, flowery, frivolous designs of this era, taken from period wallpapers and fabrics.

Fancy Designs 1920 is part of a series that covers the decorative styles prevalent in Europe since the beginning of the Western calendar.