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 collection. In volume 20, we highlight American household electric appliance and their lifestyle.

■Exhibits

Sandwich Toaster/Year: 1937/Manufacturer: General Electric Company (Left)
Fan Heater/Year: 1935/Manufacturer: Arvin (Right)

Kitchen Table Set/Era: Latter 1930s-Early 1940s

Vacuum Cleaner “Model 305”/Year: 1940/Manufacturer: Hoover/Designer: Henry Dreyfuss (Left)
Hair Dryer “ESKIMO”/Era: 1930s Late/Manufacturer: Bersted Manufacturing Company (Right)

Handy Vacuum Cleaner/Year: 1940/Manufacturer: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company