Tag: Art Deco

Partyware that glimmers and can make even moonbeams bounce right back. American. Lurelle Guild, industrial designer. Living from 1898 to 1985 he also designed vacuum cleaners for Electrolux but those are for another day.

Set of 4 stacking cocktail or canape plates.
Set of 4 stacking cocktail or canape plates, each with an indented ring to hold a cocktail glass and an aerodynamic wing. 1934-1941. Chrome. Designed by Guild for the Chase Company who advertised them saying “With this smart looking canape plate, you can hold a cocktail, a canape and a cigarette in one hand and shake hands with the other”. Image © 2019 Chairish, Inc. All rights reserved. Fair use license. via https://www.chairish.com/product/375490/lurelle-guild-chase-art-deco-canape-plates-s4
Machine age candlesticks. 1930's.
Machine age candlesticks. 1930’s. Silver plate. Designed by Guild for International Silver. Image © 2019 Decaso Inc. All rights reserved. Fair use license. via https://www.decaso.com/product/1012939/machine-age-art-deco-silver-candlesticks-lurelle-guild-for-international-silver
Coldchester cocktail shaker and tray. 1935.
Coldchester cocktail shaker and tray. 1935. Aluminum and brass. Designed by Guild for Alcoa. Image © Wright Auctions. Fair use license. via https://www.wright20.com/auctions/2013/10/design/185
Chafing set with a Saturn frame. ca. 1930.
Chafing set with a Saturn frame. ca. 1930. Silver plate. Designed by Guild for International Silver. Image © 2019 MutualArt Services, Inc. /Sothebys New York. Fair use license. via https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Lurelle-Guild/0195607C426E36FD
Gift Ware Contemporary Group “His Royal Highness” coffee service. Coffee pot, creamer and sugar. 1934.
Gift Ware Contemporary Group “His Royal Highness” coffee service. Coffee pot, creamer and sugar. 1934. Silver plate over brass and ebony. Designed by Guild for International Silver. Image © Hamel20, LLC, Kingston, New York. Fair use license. via https://www.hamel20.com/in-stock-1/lurelle-guild-coffee-service

Pavilions and other oddments done up in the best of Art Deco style at the “A Century of Progress” exposition in 1930’s Chicago. Designed by Joseph Urban who also glammed up Broadway. Almost as good as being there.

Federal building.
Federal building. © American Asphalt Paint Company. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://chicagology.com/centuryprogress/1933fair05/
Circular Court of the electrical building, Communications' garden of the electrical group and The children's theatre - Enchanted island.
Circular Court of the electrical building, Communications’ garden of the electrical group and The children’s theatre – Enchanted island. © American Asphalt Paint Company. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://chicagology.com/centuryprogress/1933fair05/
Travel and transport building.
Travel and transport building. © American Asphalt Paint Company. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://chicagology.com/centuryprogress/1933fair05/
Sky ride.
Sky ride. © American Asphalt Paint Company. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://chicagology.com/centuryprogress/1933fair05/
General exhibits group.
General exhibits group. © American Asphalt Paint Company. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://chicagology.com/centuryprogress/1933fair05/

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Snappy illustrations for Vitrolite, a mid 1930’s American structural glass that could be sandblasted translucent and came in every color of the rainbow. Used for store fronts as well as bathroom sinks and restaurant tables from coast to coast.

Red and white bathroom.
Red and white bathroom. Image © decopix.com. via http://www.decopix.com/the-vitrolite-story/
Vitrolite kitchen, Turzak residence, chicago, illinois. 1937. american. gouache, graphite and watercolor. bruce goff, maker. via digital.wolfsonian.org
Vitrolite kitchen, Turzak residence, Chicago, Illinois. 1930’s. Bruce Goff, maker. Image © The Wolfsonian Digital Catalog. Fair use license. via https://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF019847/00001/1j?search=bruce+%3dgoff
Sink (detail). from "Personality Bathrooms and Character Kitchens"
Sink (detail). from “Personality Bathrooms and Character Kitchens.” Lurelle Guild, designer and illustrator. Image © decopix.com. Fair use license. via http://www.decopix.com/the-vitrolite-story/
"The food shop, problem C."
“The food shop, problem C.” Entry in the Libbey-Owens-Ford “Modernize Main Street” competition, 1935. Submitted by Ewald A. Young. Image © decopix.com. Fair use license. via http://www.decopix.com/the-vitrolite-story/
Vitrolite ideal for restaurants.
Vitrolite ideal for restaurants. 1937. Illustration attributed to architect Bruce Goff. Image © decopix.com. Fair use license. via http://www.decopix.com/the-vitrolite-story/

From various catalogs, brochures and advertisements.

Art Deco bookbindings to dazzle their way out of your bookcase and into your hand. Very geometric in stunning colors. British. Sybil Pye, bookbinder (1879-1958).

"Religio Medici, Urn Burial, Christian Morals and other essays", written by Sir Thomas Browne.
“Religio Medici, Urn Burial, Christian Morals and other essays”, written by Sir Thomas Browne. Published in 1940. Goat skin tooled in gold. Image © The British Library. Fair use license. via http://www.herringbonebindery.com/blog/2012/09/09/bookbinder-of-the-month-sybil-pye-3/
"Ballades and Miscellaneous Poems" by Francois Villon. Bound in 1928.
“Ballades and Miscellaneous Poems” by Francois Villon. Bound in 1928. Published by Eragny Press. Red goatskin with onlays in green and tooled in gold. Image © The British Library. Fair use license. via http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage.aspx?RecordId=020-000005142&ImageId=ImageId=42176&Copyright=BL
"The Little School," a book of poetry written by Thomas Sturge Moore.
“The Little School,” a book of poetry written by Thomas Sturge Moore. Published by Eragny Press. Bound in 1916. Green goatskin with vellum inlays and gold tooling. Image © the British Library. Fair use license. via http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage.aspx?RecordId=020-000003674&ImageId=ImageId=41442&Copyright=BL

Vintage cocktail shakers in fun designs guaranteed to make martinis icier and daiquiris that reek of lime juice. Art Deco, 1920’s-30’s.

Penguin. Art Deco.
Penguin personal cocktail shaker. Art Deco. Chrome plated. Napier, maker. Fair use license. via https://www.ebay.com/itm/Napier-Art-Deco-Penguin-Personal-Cocktail-Shaker-Chrome-Small-6-1-2-Rare/323540860235?hash=item4b5489bd4b:g:xNMAAOSwEYpb5Q2V&autorefresh=true
Bubble jingle bell. Mid 20th c.
Bubble jingle bell. Mid 20th c. Chrome. Fair use license. via https://www.ebay.com/itm/MID-CENTURY-Chrome-Bubble-Jingle-Bell-Cocktail-Shaker-Rare/173408143020?hash=item285fee46ac:g:h7IAAOSwuINb
Fire extinguisher. Vintage.
Fire extinguisher with side spout. Vintage. Chrome. Fair use license. via https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-CHROME-COCKTAIL-SHAKER-THIRST-FIRE-EXTINGUISHER-WITH-SIDE-SPOUT/263933046259?hash=item3d73a2adf3:g:WXwAAOSwTw5bmSwj
Skyscraper.
Skyscraper. Art Deco. Chrome plated. Lehman Brothers, New York City, makers. Fair use license. via https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-lb-lehman-brothers-art-deco-1811969754

More Art Deco fabulousness found in one of the deeper back corners of the internet. Artwork from art magazine Wendingen, printed in Amsterdam between 1918 and 1932.

Cover, Volume 12, Number 11/12. 1931.
Cover, Volume 12, Number 11/12. 1931. Lithograph on paper. Zietsma, designer. Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Fair use license. via https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/68776049/
Cover. #3 on Diego Rivera. 1929.
Cover. #3 on Diego Rivera. 1929. Victor Huszar, designer. In the public domain due to age. via http://designblog.rietveldacademie.nl/?m=201105
Cover of edition 60.
Cover of edition 60. In the public domain due to age. via https://bloggingmarieke.wordpress.com/2014/10/23/wendingen/
Cover for issue 12, 1927.
Cover for issue 12, 1927. Tine Baanders, designer. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.marktplaats.nl/a/boeken/kunst-en-cultuur-architectuur/m1342350137-wendingen-1927-12-tine-baanders.html?c=8c285449651fa109c354bbabe740c1b&previousPage

Art Deco cigarette cases . . . not making these anymore but what glorious days they must have been to smoke if you got to carry one of these around . . .

1930. Rose gold, silver, enamel and onyx.
1930. Rose gold, silver, enamel and onyx. Image © Christies. Fair use license. via https://www.decoweddings.com/1206/art-deco-cigarette-cases/
Lighter. 1920.
Lighter. 1920. Art Deco. French. Platinum and diamond. Cartier, maker. Image © Doyle Auctions. Lighter in the public domain due to age. via https://doyle.com/auctions/13jl02-important-jewelry/catalogue/372-art-deco-black-enamel-and-diamond-cigarette-lighter
Design for a cigarette case. 1936.
Design for a cigarette case that was presented to Mrs. Cole Porter at the première of her husband’s 1936 show, “Red, Hot and Blue.” 20th c. Verdura, maker. Image © Verdura. via http://www.jewelsdujour.com/2014/04/cole-porters-red-hot-and-blue-cigarette-case-by-verdura/

Sheet music front covers to make you sing and dance the night away or at least trot around the dining room table once. Swedish. Einar Nerman, illustrator (1888-1983). Did other things too . . . .we can see more of them later . . .

"Min lilla Wa-tah-wall" (Dark Waters). Musicales collection. 1915.
“Min lilla Wa-tah-wall”. Musicales collection. 1915. via https://theartstack.com/artist/einar-nerman/dark-waters-7.
"Kullornas Vals." 1927.
“Kullornas Vals.” 1927. via https://modular4kc.com/tag/flat-design/
"Carmencita." 1925.
“Carmencita.” 1925. via https://modular4kc.com/tag/flat-design/.
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“En gyllene medelväg.” (A Happy Middle Way) 1919. via http://www.imagesmusicales.be/search/illustrator/Nerman/9871/ShowImages/80/Submit/

In the public domain due to age.

Vintage typewriter ribbon tins . . . .very glam and no black smudges at all . . . . .All Art Decoish . . . .so much prettier than a cartridge for a printer . . .oh dear some things just keep life from decorating up!

"Midnight". Carter's.
“Midnight”. Carter’s. via https://www.etsy.com/listing/656149019/vintage-carters-midnight-typewriter?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=carter%26%23039%3Bs+midnig.
"Grevy." August Baggenstos (agent for Hermes).
“Grevy.” August Baggenstos (agent for Hermes). Collection of Alfred R. Wepf. Photo credit: G. Sommeregger, typewriters.ch. via http://typewriters.ch/typewriter_ribbon_tins_2.html.
"Carter's Ideal". Remington.
“Carter’s Ideal” with a flower and bow design. Remington. via https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-TYPEWRITER-RIBBON-TIN-Round-Carters-Ideal-FLOWERS-BOW-Remington/173686421051?hash=item287084763b:g:DWQAAOSwsrlcA~tM:rk:46:pf:0
"Mercure" ribbon. Eugene Keller and Company, Bern.
“Mercure” ribbon. Eugene Keller and Company, Bern. Collection of Alfred R. Wepf . Photo credit: G. Sommeregger, typewriters.ch. via http://typewriters.ch/typewriter_ribbon_tins_2.html

Illustrations of a world in eternal summer by Italian artist Umberto Brunelleschi. Living from 1879 to 1949 he dressed up magazine covers, costumes for plays and fairy tales all in glorious shades and wondrous imaginings.

Sketch for the character of "Pedrolino" for a production of "Commedia Dell'Arte". ca. 1914.
Sketch for the character of “Pedrolino” for a production of “Commedia Dell’Arte”. ca. 1914. Ink, watercolor and gouache. Image source: Childs Gallery, Boston. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died before 1948. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pedrolino,_from_Commedia_Dell%27Arte_by_Umberto_Brunelleschi.jpg.
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Sketch of a costume for a production of “Sheherezade”. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died before 1948. via https://matouenpeluche.typepad.com/matouenpeluche/2011/09/umberto-brunelleschi.html.
Illustration from "Contes du Temps Jadis". 1912.
Illustration from “Contes du Temps Jadis”. 1912. Published by l’édition d’art H. Piazza, Paris. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died before 1948. via https://www.nocloo.com/umberto-brunelleschi-contes-du-temps-jadis-1912/.