Originally published as the catalog of an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Mar. 27-July 20, 2003.

Pt. 1 Introduction : The style and the age / Charlotte Benton & Tim Benton : The Great War, mass society and 'modernity' ; Pt. 2 Sources and Iconography : Egyptomania -- Deco sculpture and archaism -- Ancient Mexican sources of art deco -- Inspiration from the East -- Collecting and constructing Africa -- National traditions -- Avant-garde sources -- From Pattern to abstraction -- The exotic ; Pt. 3 The Paris 1925 Exhibition : The international exhibition -- Paris 1925 : consuming modernity-- The artist-decorator ; Pt. 4 The Spread of Deco : Germany, Austria and the Netherlands-- Art deco in Central Europe -- 'Lovely neoclassical byways' : art deco in Scandinavia -- European glass -- Italian architecture and design -- Conscience and consumption : art deco in Britain -- British art deco ceramics -- Art deco architecture -- Art deco fashion -- Art deco jewellery -- Photography and the new vision -- Art deco graphic design and typography -- Art deco bindings -- Art deco and the book jacket ; Pt. 5 The Deco World : Travel, transport and art deco -- Art deco and Hollywood film -- The filter of American taste' : design in the USA in the 1920s -- American metalwork between the wars -- New materials and technologies -- The search for an American design aesthetic : from art deco to streamlining -- Art deco in East Asia-- Indo-deco -- Ambiguously modern: art deco in Latin America -- 'A growing enthusiasm for modernity': art deco in Australia -- Art deco in South Africa -- Decline and revival.