The economic and  social pressures  that immediately  followed the  First World War  brought with them  a new mood for a  rigorous and  clean-cut look.  Art Deco was an  innovative design style popular in  the 1920s  and 1930s.  Its sleek, streamlined  forms conveyed  elegance and sophistication.  It was the age of  the Flapper,  the Jazz and the  Machine Age.