What are decorative arts?

          Decorative arts describes art that is meant to be beautiful and useful.
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                   Items include:

• sterling silver –flatware and hollowware, candlesticks, coffee and tea sets
• figurines
• pottery – all nationalities
• china- serving pieces, dinnerware
• sculpture
• glass- paperweights,
• metalwork
• textiles
• wood working and the list continues
• ceramics
  

Decorative arts are also known as knick knacks, object d’art, curio, oddity, bric a brac, collector’s items ,bauble, whatnot, trinket, heirloom and tchotcke.
 
The most commonly asked questions are:
What is it?
Does it have any value for insurance?
Is it of cultural importance?