CARTIER, Paris (manufacturer)
France est. 1847
Horus brooch 1925
platinum, gold, faience, emerald, coral, diamonds, onyx, enamel
4.5 x 7.1cm
Cartier Collection Geneva
© Courtesy of Cartier, Geneva

Walter Burley GRIFFIN (designer)
United States 1876–1937, worked in Australia 1914–35, India 1935–37
Marion Mahoney GRIFFIN (designer)
United States 1871–1961, worked in Australia 1914–36, India 1935–37
Ceiling light, Capitol Theatre, Melbourne 1921–24
metallic paint on plaster and hessian, stained glass, lead, wood, fabric, synthetic polymer paint on composition board and wood
39.3 x 145.2 cm diameter
Capital Theatre, RMIT University, Melbourne

AWA, Sydney (manufacturer)
Australia 1913–
Empire State, Fisk radiolette and cigarette box 1936
bakelite, glass, metal
28.5 x 28.5 x 18.0 cm
Private collection, Sydney
© Peter Sheridan

 

Jean DESPUJOLS
France 1886–1965, worked in United States (c.1947)–65
The lily of the valley (Le Muguet) (c.1929)
oil on canvas
48.0 x 38.0 cm
Private collection, New York

Jean DUPAS
France 1882–1964
Parakeets (Les Perruches) 1925
oil on canvas
201.0 x 201.0 cm
Xavier Roberts Collection, Atlanta

John VASSOS (attributed to) (designer)
Greece 1898–1985, worked in United States 1919–85
RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA (RCA), United States (manufacturer).
United States 1919–1987
RCA Victor special portable phonograph (1930s)
metal, plastic
20.0 x 42.0 x 43.0 cm (closed); 54.5 x 42.0 x 53.0 cm (open)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
© V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

VICTORIAN RAILWAYS (publisher)
Australia 1856–1976
The Victorian Railways present The Spirit of Progress 1937
booklet: colour photolithographs, letterpress, 12 pages, cardboard cover, stapled binding
20.8 x 26.8 cm (closed)
Museum Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 2005

Edward STEICHEN
United States 1879–1973, worked in France 1906–23
The maypole (Empire State building) 1932
gelatin silver photograph
35.2 x 27.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1973

Jacques-Emile RUHLMANN (designer)
France 1879–1933
Armchair and cushion (c. 1930)
stained pearwood, satin, silver plated brass
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
© V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

KILPIN LTD, London (manufacturer)
England active (1920s)
SIÉGEL (attributed to) (manufacturer)France est. 1867
Cloche hat on Mannequin head (c. 1925)
straw, felt and velvet appliqué (hat)
plaster (mannequin)
17.0 x 22.6 cm diameter (hat)
79.0 x 31.0 x 22.0 cm (mannequin)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
© V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

PAQUIN, Paris (couture house)
France 1890–1953
Jeanne PAQUIN (designer)
France 1869–1936
Chimère, evening dress 1925
silk, silk thread, glass beads
122.0 x 60.0 cm
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Given by Mrs William Gordon, 1948
© V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Egmont ARENS (designer)
United States 1889–1966
Theodore C. BROOKHART (designer)
United States 1898–1942
THE HOBART MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Troy, Ohio (manufacturer)
United States 1913–74
410 Streamliner, meat slicer 1940 designed, 1944 manufactured
aluminium, steel, rubber
34.3 x 53.3 x 38.1 cm
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Loaned by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Mr Edgar Harden, 2005
© V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Norman BEL GEDDES (designer)
United States 1893–1958
EMERSON RADIO AND PHONOGRAPH CORPORATION, New York (manufacturer)
United States 1924–48
FC-400 Patriot radio 1940
coloured thermosetting plastic
18.5 x 26.5 x 13.6 cm
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
© V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

CARTIER, New York (manufacturer)
United States est. 1909
Pyramid clip brooch 1936
platinum, diamonds, sapphire
3.9 x 3.6 x 1.3 cm
Cartier Collection, Geneva
© Courtesy of Cartier, Geneva

Oliver BERNARD (designer)
England 1881–1939
Strand Palace Hotel staircase 1930–31
glass (lit), chrome
370.8 x 447.5 x 444.7 cm (main); 261.0 cm (stairs)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
© V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Sir Edward MAUFE (designer)
England 1883–1974
Writing desk 1925
mahogany (Swietenia sp.), ebony (Diospyros sp.), gesso, white gold gilding, haldu (Haldina cordifolia), ivory, rock crystal, silk
107.0 x 134.3 x 53.0 cm
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Given by Prudence, Lady Maufe, 1968
© V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

CARTIER, Paris (manufacturer)
France est. 1847
Belt brooch 1923
platinum, diamonds, emeralds, crystal rock, onyx
5.0 x 8.6 x 1.0 cm
Cartier Collection, Geneva
© Courtesy of Cartier, Geneva

AUBURN AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, Auburn and Connersville, Indiana (manufacturer)
United States 1900–27
Cord 812 Westchester sedan 1937
160.0 x 180.0 x 500.0 cm
Private collection, Melbourne
Photo: Courtesy of Brian Scott

Pablo GARGALLO
Spain/France 1881–1934
Kiki de Montparnasse 1928, cast 1978
bronze, ed. 2/3
27.5 x 16.5 x 17.0 cm
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Gift of Pierrette Anguera-Gargallo, 1981

R. LALIQUE, Wingen-sur-Moder (manufacturer)
France est. 1921
René LALIQUE (designer)
France 1860–1945
Oranges, vase 1926 designed, (1928–47) manufactured
glass (press-moulded), enamel
29.0 x 31.0 cm diameter
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
© V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

François POMPON
France 1855–1933
Polar bear 1927, cast (c. 1933)
bronze
24.2 x 44.3 x 11.6 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of an anonymous donor, 2007

CARTIER, London (manufacturer)
England est. 1902
Scarab brooch 1925
gold, platinum, diamonds, ruby, emerald, citrine, onyx, faience
5.5 x 12.4 x 1.9 cm
Cartier Collection Geneva
© Courtesy of Cartier, Geneva

THAYAHT
Italy 1893–1959, worked in France 1919–(1920s)
During the sessions at Madeleine Vionnet’s (Pendant les Modèles, chez Madeleine Vionnet) 1922
plate 20 in Gazette du Bon Ton, Paris, vol. 5, no. 3, 1922
lithograph and pochoir
53.1 x 41.8 cm irreg. (image); 24.0 x 19.0 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Julian Robinson Collection. Purchased, 1976

Denham MACLAREN (designer)
England 1903–1989
Armchair (c.1930)
glass, metal, zebra skin
68. 0 x 57.0 x 85.0 cm
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Accessioned, 1979