The end of the XIX-th century had seen open up the style Napoleon III, who had been only an adaptation of all the previous times, to part the padding the seats, no modernism had marked this time.

And, abruptly, the life changes : the industry originates on a great scale ; the aviation, the telephone, the electricity are discovered ; the condition sociale undergoes profound turnovers and the whole people generation new, stemming from the people, begins to assert it. What of amazing that the artistic expression, it also, follows this revolution.

One spoke of " phénomène on 1900 " more than of " style on 1900 ", and it is rather real : in part a flexibility of line, there is no unity of conception : there is a novelty, a modernism, an extravagance which expresses itself in all the domains that gains complete Europe and same the United States.

Everywhere, the straight lines go future curved, and the nature one of the main motives of ornementation ; of phenomenon has two heads, as every phenomenon which respects itself : the Modern Style and the Art nouveau.