I first discovered an interest in Art Deco in my late 30s and this has grown into a love of this genre which incorporates both Art and Design. And unlike other periods that have been defined by an artistic or architectural style, Art Deco is both short and easily identifiable as being very much defined and delineated by the period between the two World Wars 1918 to 1939, and in particular from the mid 1920s.

I started buying small pieces of Art Deco sculpture at auction in 1990 and even attended Antique Fairs as a seller with our eldest daughter Sarah, then 7 or 8, accompanying me as my assistant! I guess that could have been a formative influence as she now owns a successful Vintage and Collectibles store in Vancouver Canada (see here).