Deco can have a fine 'clean-edged' look .... I did some stained glass for the house when we were building it that was a Deco/Mondrian mashup with the age-appropriate Victorian glass colours ... just a couple of filler panels at the side of a door. The seaside is a fruitful place for hunting deco architecture ... sadly, due to the building techniques (especially the use of metal framed windows) they don't fare well in coastal situations without diligent maintenance. K
Yes one of the main manufacturers of art deco metal frames windows was Crittall, we had them in our house with plate glass, but close proximity to the sea, meant lots of diligent maintenance both inside and out, even so we used to find every 3 or 4 years, we would see a small crack randomly appear in the plate glass and within weeks it would be completely cracked from the corrosuion build up/bloating on the inside of the frame. No matter how much rust prevention treatment we undertook, it was a regular occurrence.
I do like the slender metal frame so when we put in wood frame double glazing we had a modern coated aluminium 'crittall' style slime frame put in the downstairs bays,. It has 13 years on withstood the rigors of harsh coastal environment with no maintenance so far other than painting of the wood frame surround and no cracked glazing
