Art Deco Weekend Program Guide - 2016 | Page 27

ABOUT THE SPEAKER Iza Emmett owns and operates Modernism Gallery and Modernism.com. Iza’s late husband and business partner Ric Emmett wrote the book American Art Deco Furniture. Ric worked closely with Iza on all his projects. Currently, Iza is working on finalizing Ric’s second book, American Art Deco Lighting A fine pair of Longwy vases in the Nepture pattern, circa 1954, by Maurice Paul Chevalier the prominent French ceramicist. Iza’s late husband and business partner, Ric Emmett, wrote the book American Art Deco Furniture. A very rare and fine bronze Art Deco vase (above) attributed to René Buthaud, circa 1930, the famous French artist and ceramist that started Primavera at the Galeries Printemps in Paris. This striking Belgian art deco vase is one of a series of shapes and forms on the theme “Biches Bleues” C