Historical stoves: Art Deco

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	Catalogue number 0656 Date of issue 20.10.2010 Face value 20 CZK Print sheets 50 stamps Size of picture 23 x 40 mm Graphic designer Michal Vitanovský Engraver Bohumil Šneider
	Art Deco stoves - as indicated by the variety of its names, the Czech version of the Art Deco style had its special features. The names, such as rondocubism, curved or national style, show the embarrassment of theoreticians in naming this local style orientation. In any case, the common denominator was the bombastic decorativism, occasionally inspired with folklore. Stoves had a form similar to the contemporary architecture. The predominant material, used in the already large-scale production of Art Deco stoves, was enamelled sheet iron. The occasional burnt clay stoves, intended by the author as an original piece, represent the final stage of the unbroken historical line of glazed-tile stoves' development starting in the Middle Ages. The ceramic cover of the heating body in the chateau in Nove Mesto nad Metuji, created by Helena Johnova in 1939, is an example of the latter category. Do You like it? You can order it here