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Art Deco objects in detail

Streamlining
Norman Bel Geddes: 'Patriot', radio, model 400 and Fada 'bullet' streamliner model 115.

Norman Bel Geddes: 'Patriot', radio, model 400. Catalin. 18.5 x 26.5 x 13.6 cm. American, 1940. Made by Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation. V&A: W.31-1992.Fada 'bullet' streamliner model 115. Catalin. American, 1940. Made by Fada Radio & Electric Co. Inc., Long Island. V&A: W.26-1992.
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Art Deco 1910 - 1939

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Norman Bel Geddes.
'Patriot', radio, model 400.
Catalin.
18.5 x 26.5 x 13.6 cm.
American, 1940.
Made by Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation.
V&A: W.31-1992.

Fada.
'bullet' streamliner model 115.
Catalin.
American, 1940.
Made by Fada Radio & Electric Co. Inc., Long Island.
V&A: W.26-1992.

New plastics - such as Bakelite and Catalin - became the favoured materials of the 1930s, replacing exotic woods, ivory and sharkskin.

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