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Art Deco & Streamline Flashcards

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Art Deco

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1919 - 1939

sleek surfaces enriched by exotic wood veneers and ornamental inlay

decorative flourishes

popular motifs - human, animals, flowers, plants, abstract geometric

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Osbert Lancaster

“Modern Home”

Homes Sweet Homes

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Exposition Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes

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Paris 1925

Art Deco exhibits

US doesnt participate

had to be modern

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Peter Muller-Munk

Normandie Pitcher

Chromium-plated brass

1935-37

art deco/streamline

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Sidney Biegler Waugh

“Gazelle” Bowl

manufactured by Corning Glass Works

Steuben Division Glass, 1935

Art Deco

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Lydia Bush-Brown Head

“Temple of the Mayan Indians”

silk

1926

art deco

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Paul Manship

Dancer and Gazelles

bronze

1916

art deco

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Hollyhock House, Aline Barnsdall House

Los Angeles, CA, 1920

low to ground, little light

gesamtkunstwerk

art deco

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Side Chair

designed for Aline Barnsdall House

1920

Art Deco

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Eliel Saarinen, designer

Dining Room for the exhibit The Architect and the Industrial Arts, The Metropolitan Museum

1929

art deco

Met’s response when Pres. Hoover says can’t join Paris Expo bc not modern, exhibition to promote modern

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Designer unknown

Dressing Table and Bench

after design by Leon Jallot

distributed by Lord & Taylor

red “lacquered” wood, glass, chromium plated metal

1929

Art Deco

geometric, not very functional, small drawers, expression of wealth, feminine, female consumer base

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Ralph Barton

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

produced by Stehli Silks Corporation

textile, printed silk

1926

Art Deco

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Donald Deskey

Singing Women

carpet, designed for main auditorium of Radio City Music Hall

wool, 1932

Art Deco

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Edward Steichen

Matches and Matchboxes

textile, printed silk

manufactured by Stehli Silks Corporation

1926

Art Deco

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Walter Dorwin Teague

Flying Buttresses

textile, printed silk

manufactured by Silks Beau Monde, Marshall Field and Company

1933

Art Deco

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Viktor Schrenckengost

punch bowl from the “Jazz Bowl” series

glazed porcelain with sgraffito decoration

1931

Art Deco

night club scene

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Eugene Schoen

Etagere

Bakelite, bronze, chesnut

1929

Art Deco

display of goods, linear, asymmetrical

Schoen interested in Vienese design

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Paul T. Frankl

Skyscraper bookcase

lacquered wood with silver leaf detailing

1927

Art Deco

mimics forms of buildings

employed as architect, NY passed setback law trying to create more light and air in the city

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Paul T. Frankl

Desk

hardwood with red lacquer finish and chromium plated steel, flat band support and brushed chromium handles

1930

Art Deco

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Erik Magnussen, designer

Cubic, Coffee Service

Gorham Manufactureing Company

Silver with patinated and gilt decoration

1927

Art Deco

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Eliel Saarinen, designer

Prototype Tea Service

International Silver Company, Wilcox Silver Plate Company Division, manufacturer

electroplated nickel, silver, brass, bakelite

1933-35

Art Deco

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Streamline

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argument whether part of Art Deco

streamline designs try to inspire someone to buy, drive commerce

response to the Depression, stimulate growth

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Donald Deskey

Screen

wood, canvas, paint, metal fittings

1930

Art Deco

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Rene Paul Chambellan

Entrance Gates to the Executive Suite of the Chanin Building, NY

wrought iron and bronze

1928

Art Deco

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Walter Dorwin Teague

three Beau Brownie cameras

produced for Eastman Kodak

1930-33

streamline

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Walter Dorwin Teague

Nocture Radio

mirrored with glass with satin-finished chrome and silver finished wood

1937

streamline

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Raymond Loewy, designer

Coldspot Refrigerator

Sears, Roebuck & Co., manufacturer

1934

streamline

rise of the industrial designer, trying to get you to buy fridge even if you dont need one, builds consumer confidence, hygenic, familiar but new

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Henry Dreyfuss

Big Ben Alarm Clock

1939

streamline

still recognize old Big Ben but this is thinner, sturdier base, more readible font, clock translates to better product

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Norman Bel Geddes, designer

Cocktail Service

polished chrome-plated brass

1935

streamline

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Henry Dreyfuss

Twentieth-Century Limited China and Table Setting

1938

streamline

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International Silver Company

Flagship flatware

silverplate

1936

streamline

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Kem (Karl Emanuel Martin) Weber

Zephyr Electric Clock

Lawson Time, Inc., manufacter

brass, copper, bakelite, plastic

1934

streamline

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Gilbert Rohde

Electric Clock

manufactured by Herman Miller Clock Company

chrome-plated and enameled metal, glass

1933

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Kem Weber

Airline Chair

wood, metal, vinyl

1934-35

streamline

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Paul T. Frankl

Woodweave Chair

birch, woven wood panels, cloth upholstery

1938

streamline

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Paul A. Lobel, designer

Coffee Set

Wilcox Silver Plate Company, manufacturer

silverplate, alpaca, Britannia pewter, wood

1934

streamline

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Raymond Loewy

Pencil Sharpener

1934

streamline

rocket ship, sharpens just like before no new technology

Decorative Arts 1850 - Present (9 decks)

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