IdcN holds approximately 2,000 Art Deco items, ranging from furniture to electric appliances, tableware, magazines and posters, all of which were produced in the United States in the 1930s. This mode of design, having permeated the country at the dawn of the age of mass production, serves as precious material demonstrating the great shift in society and the industrial structure in the 20th Century. Even today, these supremely playful objects assert an uncanny freshness.
This is a serial exhibit in which we show, on a theme-by-theme basis, our nearly 2,000 examples of Art Deco design from the United States in the 1930s. In volume 21, we highlight American Ads, products and their lifestyles of those days.

■Exhibits

Magazine Advertisement “NEW MERCURY 8” / Year: 1940 (Left)
Streamlined Toy Train ”City of Salina” / Era: Mid 1930s (Right)

Magazine Advertisement “ALCOA ALUMINUM” / Era: 1930s (Left)
Magazine Advertisement “Western Electric” / Era: Latter 1930s (Right)

FADA Model 1000 Catalin “Bullet” Radio / Era: 1941 (Left)
Magazine Advertisement “TOAST MASTER” / Era: 1930s (Right)