International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in 1939 brought a sharp end to the Art Deco period. International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts () was a World's fair held in Paris, France, from April to October 1925. It was designed by the French government to highlight the new "style moderne" of architecture, interior decoration, furniture, glass, jewelry and other decorative arts in Europe and throughout the world. Many ideas of the international avant-garde in the fields of architecture and applied arts were presented for the first time at the Exposition. The event took place between
Great Road Style Great Road Style The counties that make up southwestern Virginia and northeastern Tennessee are linked historically, culturally, and geographically. Connected by a shared decorative arts tradition, the Great Road Style, so called because of the region’s historical importance as a stage route connecting the eastern seaboard with the western frontier, the material culture of this region is evidenced in distinctive forms of furniture, ceramics, textiles, and metalwork. Yet until now, a systematic documentation of its decorative artifacts has never been conducted. The first substantive effort to conduct primary research in a largely undocumented territory, Great Road Style: The Decorative Arts