Art deco designers were scavengers, lifting from tribal African sculpture, Mayan temples, Japanese lacquerwork, Byzantine, Chinese and Aztec works. The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 also ...

Jean Dunand was a French Art Deco artist and designer ... His artistic turning point came when he began working with Japanese artist Seizo Sougawara in the early 20th century, who taught Dunand ...