One hundred years ago, decorative styles like Victorian and Art Deco prevailed as architecture emerged as "art, " much like early web design.

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For more than 20 years, Savage has been hooking up connoisseurs of the decorative arts with the owners of England's great estates, where most of the finest antiques are to be found.

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Maire Gullichsen also worked with Aalto and others several years before Villa Mairea to found Artek, which manufactures his furniture and decorative wares to this day.

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The biggest price increases in recent years have come in contemporary art--particularly Chinese paintings--and in 20th-century decorative arts.

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