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Art Deco, explained
What the style actually is, how it reached Lahore, and how to tell the real thing from a fan motif on a cabinet door.
An Art Deco colour palette that works in Pakistani light
Lahore daylight is harder and warmer than the northern European light most palettes are photographed in. Colours that look sophisticated in a magazine can look grey and tired here. This is what to do instead.
11 Aug 2026
Art Deco or mid-century modern? The difference, and which suits a Lahore house
They are twenty years and one world war apart, and they behave completely differently in a room. A practical comparison, with the proportions that give each away.
11 Aug 2026
Marquetry, lacquer and burl: the three techniques that made Deco
The 1930s pushed three ancient crafts further than anyone had before. Understanding what each one costs in hours explains almost every price difference on a showroom floor.
10 Aug 2026
Art Deco is already in Lahore — you have walked past it
The style arrived here in the 1930s and left buildings on The Mall, in Anarkali and along Lower Mall. Once you can read the vocabulary, the city changes shape.
10 Aug 2026What makes a piece genuinely Art Deco
Deco is the most imitated style in Pakistani furniture and the least often got right. Six tests separate the real thing from a fan motif stuck on a cabinet door.
9 Aug 2026