Design, 1900–1925 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/design-1900-25
By the turn of the twentieth century, a new stylistic vocabulary—with distinct regional characteristics—had been firmly established. Whether realistic or abstract, exuberant or restrained, curvilinear or geometric, there was a consistency in the purposeful rejection of outmoded tastes and exploration of new design influences.
motifs, while thoroughly integrated, often were treated in a linear or geometric manner