What is the most famous Art Deco piece?

The most famous work of Art Deco furniture is arguably Eileen Gray's Dragons armchair, which sold for about 21.9 million euros at the 2009 Yves Saint Laurent auction, a record for Art Deco design. Among cabinetmakers, Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann's Macassar-ebony cabinets are the reference point for French Deco luxury, and Gray's tubular-steel E-1027 side table and Bibendum chair are the most reproduced Deco-era silhouettes still in production. If the question means Art Deco overall rather than furniture, the Chrysler Building usually wins, since its stainless-steel crown is the most recognizable Deco object in the world. No single piece wins universal agreement, and that is the useful part: Deco's fame rests on singular anchor pieces, not on sets. The style is remembered through individual objects strong enough to define a room.

You do not need an auction lot to get the effect. Our art deco furniture collection is built around the same principle, one sculptural piece with enough presence to lead the room.