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National Traditions

Georges Lepape plate 2 from Les Choses de Paul Poiret vues par Georges Lepape, Paris, 1911	René Lalique: Deux paons, lamp	Silver and ivory tea and coffee service

Folk art, an important source for Art Nouveau, also influenced Art Deco. Its appeal was two fold. In a period of nationalism it represented an authentic indigenous source, while its simplified, stylized, often geometric patterns were easily modernized.

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