What are the shapes of Art Deco?

Art Deco shapes are geometric and architectural: stepped ziggurat forms, sunbursts, chevrons, zigzags, faceted trapezoids, and, later, the smooth horizontal curves of Streamline Moderne. Early Deco borrowed the setback profile of the skyscraper, so cabinets and mirrors often step and rise with a strong vertical emphasis. The sunburst and fan radiate from a point and appear on headboards, cabinet doors, and inlay. The chevron and zigzag give the style its restless rhythm, while octagons and rounded arcs soften it. By the 1930s the vocabulary turned horizontal and aerodynamic, trading sharp angles for bullnose edges and long sweeping lines. Art Deco geometry is the city translated into furniture, which is why a single Deco silhouette can feel monumental even at tabletop scale. The shapes are meant to bring order to a room, not to scatter decoration across it.

AURA gravitates to that architectural side of Deco, where a shape reads clearly before any finish is noticed. You will see stepped profiles, fluting, and sculptural bases throughout our art deco furniture, chosen so the geometry organizes the room instead of cluttering it.