AROUND HOME : Notes on Hooked Rugs, Architectural Ornaments and New Books : The Encyclopedia of Art Deco: An Illustrated Guide to a Decorative Style From 1920 to 1939 Edited by Alastair Duncan (E.P. Dutton; 1988)

AN EXPERT’S SURVEY of Van Alen’s crenelated Chrysler Building, Deskey’s sumptuous Radio City lobby, Lalique’s sculptured chandeliers, Icart’s Vogue cover girls, Held’s flappers, Libby’s martini glass, Brandt’s iron faux -wicker, Jensen’s streamlined silver, Dorn’s rya rugs, Picasso’s exuberant tapestries, Van Cleef’s invisibly-set diamonds--plus biographies of artists and designers. A book for scholars’ shelves and browsers’ coffee tables. ($29.95)