In 1912 André Vera printed an essay in the journal L’Art Décoratif calling for a return to the craftsmanship and materials of earlier centuries and utilizing a new repertoire of forms taken from nature, particularly baskets and garlands of fruit and flowers. A second tendency of Art Deco, also from 1910 to 1920, was impressed by the brilliant colours of the artistic movement often identified as the Fauves and by the colourful costumes and units of the Ballets Russes. This type was often expressed with unique materials similar to sharkskin, mother of pearl, ivory, tinted leather, lacquered and painted wood,…