Japanese Art Deco Beautiful Musical Lighter, Tobacciano; Weight: 1 lb. 4 oz. = 570 g; Height: 17.5 cm = 6.75” in. Condition: Original lighter does not work, although there is a possibility to get a spare lighter or fix original for $40. Musical part works well as long as you hold it in your hand, there is a possibility to turn a key at the bottom and to hear dancing melody. As long as you put it on the table – music stops because of the stopper at the base. Several shining decorations are missing. Art Deco (/ˌɑrt ˈdɛkoʊ/), or Deco, is an influential visual arts design style that first appeared in France after World War I and began flourishing internationally in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s before its popularity waned after World War II.[1] It is an eclectic style that combines traditional craft motifs with Machine Age imagery and materials. The style is often characterized by rich colours, bold geometric shapes and lavish ornamentation. Deco emerged from the interwar period when rapid industrialisation was transforming culture. One of its major attributes is an embrace of technology. This distinguishes Deco from the organic motifs favoured by its predecessor Art Nouveau. Historian Bevis Hillier defined Art Deco as "an assertively modern style [that] ran to symmetry rather than asymmetry, and to the rectilinear rather than the curvilinear; it responded to the demands of the machine and of new material [and] the requirements of mass production".[2] During its heyday, Art Deco represented luxury, glamour, exuberance and faith in social and technological progress.