Exposition : La folie Art déco - Quand la modernité s’empare du Havre

April 28, 1925 saw the opening of the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels, which, with 150 pavilions set in the heart of Paris, marked the triumph of the Art Deco style developed in the 1910s. A symbol of modernity, this new decorative order, characterized by geometrical lines, simplified forms and stylized motifs, was a total art form that encompassed architecture, sculpture, furniture and decor. Le Havre was no exception to the Roaring Twenties craze for this new...