What is the 1930s furniture style called?

The 1930s furniture style is called Art Deco, and more specifically its later, streamlined phase known as Streamline Moderne. Where 1920s Deco was vertical, faceted, and ornamented, the 1930s version turned horizontal and aerodynamic, with rounded corners, smooth curves, and polished chrome influenced by ships, trains, and automobiles. In American homes this took the popular form of waterfall furniture, named for the rounded bullnose edge that let a book-matched veneer spill down the front of a dresser or headboard. Mass production made this style affordable during the Depression, which is why so many surviving 1930s bedroom sets are waterfall pieces. The decade is sometimes labeled the Machine Age for the same reason. If a 1930s piece looks like Deco that has been smoothed and rounded rather than stepped and pointed, Streamline Moderne is the name you want.

AURA's take on the era favors that smoother side, curve and polish over heavy ornament. You will see it in the rounded profiles and fluted fronts across our art deco furniture.