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...QUEEN MARY By James Steele. (Phaidon/Chronicle; $55). The wish book of the year. The liner's glory days between the wars coincided with the apogee of Art Deco. This volume can be enjoyed as a catalog of an elegant, seductive style or, better yet, as a guide to travel in a luxury no longer available, even to the rich. The swimming pools of the three classes are so beckoning it is hard to choose among them. The insinuating lighting and the low, enticing lounge fittings call for ambrosia and a suspension of time...
Lighting: Excellent. Art deco table lamps provide a gentle white light, complementing pasted decor...
Both the lamps and the columns in the art-deco New Leverett building are shaped like large oak or redwood trees...
Winthrop House recently hung huge art deco utensils on the wall over the food lines, but not many students really noticed. Winthrop resident Peter S. Galatin '95 only seemd to think about the decorations when asked. "Oh yeah. There's a giant fork and a spoon, right? I like them. They're appropriate. Much better than giant Swatch watches," Galatin mused...
...rebels who are more tolerant of visitors. As the boom of mortar fire echoes through the surrounding hills, an eerie calm has descended on the mansion. Half a dozen peacocks strut nervously along the garden wall. Inside the house -- a spacious three-story villa of chandeliers and Art Deco furnishings -- papers and clothing litter the floor, presumably from a search for cash or documents. But most of the former First Family's belongings are still here: CDs of Beethoven and the sound track of the film Moonstruck, sterling-silver tea settings, an embroidered cushion presented by another former dictator, Nigeria...