Emil A. Schuelke, Penguin Cocktail Shaker, 1936

Emil A. Schuelke, Penguin Cocktail Shaker, 1936.

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"Extremely popular in the 1920s and 1930s, cocktail shakers were also produced in more whimsical styles, such as "The Penguin, A Bird of a Shaker" made by the Napier Company and offered by Hammacher Schlemmer of New York City in the New Yorker on September 19, 1936. "Master of ceremonies at successful parties," the advertisement reads, "the perkiest shaker that ever poured a cocktail. And how he pours!... right from his beak with never a spill. Holds 1 1/2 quarts in his fat insides' Designed by Emil A. Schuelke and patented by the Napier Company the penguin was available in silver plate for $12.50 or in the deluxe version with gilt details shown here, for $25."

Jan Sawka, The Tower of Light, 2000

Jan Sawka, The Tower of Light, 2000

Francesco Javier Gose, La Gazette du Bon Ton, "Le Chapeau de Ruban pour l'Été", 1912

La Gazette du Bon Ton, "Le Chapeau de Ruban pour l'Été", 1912

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"The French magazine Gazette du Bon Ton, was a unique Parisian fashion journal started by Lucien Vogel in 1912. Vogel, in an effort to emphasize the connections between fashion and art, provided exquisite fashion plates created by modern artists such as Paul Iribe, George Lepape, Georges Barbier, Charles Martin, Pierre Brissaud and others. Marketed towards the Paris elite, prints of exclusive and trend-setting fashions appeared in limited editions, but without an explanatory text. Many designs were idealistic leisure scenes of the well-to-do, illustrating the latest creations of Paris fashion houses such as Worth, Lanvin, Doucet, Poiret, Callot Soeurs, Paquin and Beers. Each fashion pochoir (stencil) print was hand-painted in vivid colors on handmade paper, thus, Gazette du Bon Ton is one of the most desired period fashion magazines for collectors. "

Charles Francis Annesley Voysey, Thank You card, 1901

Charles Francis Annesley Voysey, Thank You card, 1901.

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Scanned from Gabriele Fahr-Becker's "Art Nouveau".

André Groult, Chambre de Madame, 1925

These two items, the chiffonier and the portrait, are inside that room.

Top, André Groult, Chambre de Madame, in the Ambassade Française, at the Paris 1925 Exhibition. Click image for 600X458 version.

Left, André Groult, chiffonier, Mahogany, ivory and sharskin, French. Click image for 600X458 version.

Right, Marie Laurencin, "Portrait of a Woman" oil on canvas, French, 1925. Click image for 359X499 version.

Scanned from "Art Deco 1910-1939" edited by Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Chislaine Wood.

John Vassos, "The Department Store", 1929

John Vassos, "The Department Store", illustration from Ruth Vassos, Contempo, New York, 1929.

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Scanned from "Art Deco 1910-1939" edited by Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Chislaine Wood.

Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, Dressing Table, 1925

Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, dressing table. Oak with amaranth and mahogany veneer; ebony and ivory inlays; silver bronze mirror frame and fittings; mirrored glass. French, 1925.

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Scanned from "Art Deco 1910-1939" edited by Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Chislaine Wood.