2025 marks 100 years since Art Deco burst onto the world stage at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris. It was the birth of a bold new style that embraced luxury with waterfall edges, exotic veneers, gleaming finishes, and materials like brass, chrome, and early plastics such as Bakelite. In the Roaring 20s, Art Deco furniture reflected the optimism of the time. Pieces like this dresser, with its bookmatched veneer and Bakelite hardware, were de