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ROB INMAN of United Landscape Supplies is surrounded by some of the things that will
be seen at a Landscape and Garden show on March 12 and 13 at 125 Riverside Dr., North
Van. The show will run Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Art deco emphasizes straight, vertical lines

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often heavily ornamented with geo-
metric patterns, stylized flowers
and animals.
The basic shapes of the cube, the
sphere, the cylinder and pyramid,
which had almost disappeared dur-
ing the earlier Art Nouveau era,
were used to give highrises of the
"20s and °30s a monumental
appearance.
The best local example of Art. ,
Deco architecture in the Vancouver
area is the Marine Building at

Burrard and Hastings.

Cynics call it a wedding cake.
but the beautifully crafted brass and
copper entrance doors and the
inlaid woodwork of the interior and
in the elevators make a visit worth-
while.

Eileen Grey designed some of
the most aesthetically beautiful fur-
niture. Some of it is being repro-
duced and looks thoroughly mod-
ern, as if it had been designed yes-
terday.

It combines feather and tubular
steel or glass and chrome. Other

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pieces could only have come from
the Art Deco era.

Her most extravagant design is a
lacquered silver-leaf chaise-lounge
with leather seats. It is shaped like a
canoe with centipede legs — a curi-
ous extravaganza to recline in.

Wouldn't it be a fascinating
experience to travel back in time
aboard a slow ocean liner to the
Paris of the 1920s?

Edith Saarkamp is an interior
designer who teaches Design and
Decoration on the North Shore.

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