Attracting 0.3 million visitors over six months in 2003, Art Deco was the most visited temporary exhibition ever held at the V&A - until Hollywood Costume in 2013. With furniture, graphics, textiles, fashion, architecture and interior design, the exhibition was a comprehensive review of this most accessible, yet complex, of styles. A reconstruction of Rulhmann’s room in the 1925 Paris exhibition; film footage of Josephine Baker’s banana dance; a reconstruction of the magnificent Strand Palace Hotel entrance; and the spectacular 1935 Auburn Boat-tail Speedster car, immersed visitors in the period with all its glamour and luxury.
Attracting 0.3 million visitors over six months in 2003, Art Deco was the most visited temporary exhibition ever held at the V&A - until Hollywood Costume in 2013. With furniture, graphics, textiles, fashion, architecture and interior design, the exhibition was a comprehensive review of this most accessible, yet complex, of styles. A reconstruction of Rulhmann’s room in the 1925 Paris exhibition; film footage of Josephine Baker’s banana dance; a reconstruction of the magnificent Strand Palace Hotel entrance; and the spectacular 1935 Auburn Boat-tail Speedster car, immersed visitors in the period with all its glamour and luxury.