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Orenco Originals Counted Cross Stitch Chart, Pattern, Graph

 Art Deco Peacock from a Vogue Magazine Cover inspired by the work of Helen Dryden Counted Cross Stitch Pattern

about this chart

Its finished size will be 12 inches (168 stitches) by 18 inches (252 stitches)

Designed for 14 Count Fabric and DMC Cotton Floss

Note to Stitchers: You will receive a chart that is of the entire image including the background. You can stitch the background or stitch on your choice of a 14 count solid cloth and create a raised embossed effect.

 Helen Dryden (1887 – 1981) was an American artist and successful industrial designer in the 1920s and 1930s. She was reportedly described by the New York Times as being the highest-paid woman artist in the United States, though she lived in comparative poverty in later years.

Art Deco or Deco, also known as Style Moderne, is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War I. It became popular in the 1920s and 1930s, and influenced the design of buildings, furniture, cars, movie theaters, trains, ocean liners. It took its name, short for Arts Décoratifs, from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) held in Paris in 1925. Unlike the preceding Art Nouveau style, Art Deco features geometric shapes, clear and precise lines, and decoration which is attached to the structure, often in the form of metal or ceramic sculptures. It combined modernist styles with fine craftsmanship and rich materials. During its heyday, Art Deco represented luxury, glamour, exuberance, and faith in social and technological progress. The later period of the style, called Streamline Moderne, features curving forms and long horizontal lines. The style is often characterized by rich colors, bold geometric shapes and lavish ornamentation. It was a transitional style between Art Nouveau and Modernism, and was one of the first truly international architectural styles, with examples found in in European cities, Russia, Latin America, Africa and Asia.