DrivingforDeco
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Hello, we’re Chris and Anthony longtime collectors of Art Deco collectibles. Join us as we go around hunting for new pieces for our collection and Art Deco sites that we visit.
The Diplomat coffee service, designed by Walter Von Nessen. Chase, Brass and Copper Specialty line. I picked up the coffee pot, sugar and creamer four years ago. The hunt was on for the chrome and Bakelite tray. Chris finally found the one last month at the Golden Nugget last month.
November 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The Diplomat coffee service, designed by Walter Von Nessen. Chase, Brass and Copper Specialty line. I picked up the coffee pot, sugar and creamer four years ago. The hunt was on for the chrome and Bakelite tray. Chris finally found the one last month at the Golden Nugget last month.
Another recent Golden Nugget Flea Market find - a mid-1930s Park Sherman roll top cigarette box.
October 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Another recent Golden Nugget Flea Market find - a mid-1930s Park Sherman roll top cigarette box.
Another recent Golden Nugget Flea Market find by Chris, two 1931 Avon Fillkwik compacts.
September 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Another recent Golden Nugget Flea Market find by Chris, two 1931 Avon Fillkwik compacts.
From our 2014 Texas trip, Viktor Schreckengost’s New Yorker “Jazz Bowl” punch bowl (1931). This one from the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art was the first time we saw one in person.
August 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
From our 2014 Texas trip, Viktor Schreckengost’s New Yorker “Jazz Bowl” punch bowl (1931). This one from the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art was the first time we saw one in person.
1. Wassily Chair - Marcel Breuer, 1925 and Eileen Gray Side Table - Eileen Gray, 1927.
2. Le Petit Confort LC2 Armchair - Le Corbusier, 1928.
3. Barcelona Chair - Mies van der Rohe & Lilly Reich, 1929.
4. Brno Chair - Mies van der Rohe & Lilly Reich, 1930.
2. Le Petit Confort LC2 Armchair - Le Corbusier, 1928.
3. Barcelona Chair - Mies van der Rohe & Lilly Reich, 1929.
4. Brno Chair - Mies van der Rohe & Lilly Reich, 1930.
July 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
1. Wassily Chair - Marcel Breuer, 1925 and Eileen Gray Side Table - Eileen Gray, 1927.
2. Le Petit Confort LC2 Armchair - Le Corbusier, 1928.
3. Barcelona Chair - Mies van der Rohe & Lilly Reich, 1929.
4. Brno Chair - Mies van der Rohe & Lilly Reich, 1930.
2. Le Petit Confort LC2 Armchair - Le Corbusier, 1928.
3. Barcelona Chair - Mies van der Rohe & Lilly Reich, 1929.
4. Brno Chair - Mies van der Rohe & Lilly Reich, 1930.
From our last month’s visit to the Nassau County Museum of Art to see their Deco at 100 exhibit. This Paul Follot’s (1877-1941) 1925 Paris Exhibition Cabinet, Macassar, ebony and ivory.
July 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
From our last month’s visit to the Nassau County Museum of Art to see their Deco at 100 exhibit. This Paul Follot’s (1877-1941) 1925 Paris Exhibition Cabinet, Macassar, ebony and ivory.
A photo from my 2017 visit to the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Circa 1934 Air King “Skyscraper” radio. Manufactured by the Air-King Products Company of Brooklyn and made of cream colored Plaskon. Designed by Harold Van Doren and John Gordon Rideout.
June 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A photo from my 2017 visit to the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Circa 1934 Air King “Skyscraper” radio. Manufactured by the Air-King Products Company of Brooklyn and made of cream colored Plaskon. Designed by Harold Van Doren and John Gordon Rideout.
Rose Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio. Mirror (1930) of wrought iron, brass, silver, gold plating and glass. Console table (1930) wrought iron, brass and glass. Both pieces designed by Paul Feher. Shadow on the wall cast from etched glass table top. From the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
June 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Rose Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio. Mirror (1930) of wrought iron, brass, silver, gold plating and glass. Console table (1930) wrought iron, brass and glass. Both pieces designed by Paul Feher. Shadow on the wall cast from etched glass table top. From the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Chris’ latest Golden Nugget Flea Market find, a Lenox 1939 New York World’s Fair vase made exclusively for Ovington’s NYC Fifth Avenue store.
May 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Chris’ latest Golden Nugget Flea Market find, a Lenox 1939 New York World’s Fair vase made exclusively for Ovington’s NYC Fifth Avenue store.
Copper light stands in front of the West Herr Auditorium (1929) in Rochester, NY.
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Copper light stands in front of the West Herr Auditorium (1929) in Rochester, NY.
To close out Art Deco month here is a photo from our visit to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Three frescoes of Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry Murals (1932-1933). This mural represents laborers at the Ford River Rouge plant. On April 23, 2014 the murals were designated a National Historic Landmark.
May 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
To close out Art Deco month here is a photo from our visit to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Three frescoes of Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry Murals (1932-1933). This mural represents laborers at the Ford River Rouge plant. On April 23, 2014 the murals were designated a National Historic Landmark.
Another photo from my 2016 tour of the Radio City Music Hall. The Grand Foyer looking northeast toward Ezra Winter’s mural The Fountain of Youth. Edward Durell Stone, architect, Donald Deskey interior design, the theatre opened in late 1932.
April 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Another photo from my 2016 tour of the Radio City Music Hall. The Grand Foyer looking northeast toward Ezra Winter’s mural The Fountain of Youth. Edward Durell Stone, architect, Donald Deskey interior design, the theatre opened in late 1932.
For World Art Deco Day, a photo I took of William Van Alen’s Chrysler Building back in 2016 before it was obscured by newer, taller and far less elegant buildings. The Chrysler Building has been one of my favorite buildings since I was a small boy.
April 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
For World Art Deco Day, a photo I took of William Van Alen’s Chrysler Building back in 2016 before it was obscured by newer, taller and far less elegant buildings. The Chrysler Building has been one of my favorite buildings since I was a small boy.
Multicolor, geometric tiles, terrazzo floors and Art Deco brass vent grilles in the lobby of the Bottleworks Hotel in Indianapolis. Photo from when I stayed there last summer.
April 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Multicolor, geometric tiles, terrazzo floors and Art Deco brass vent grilles in the lobby of the Bottleworks Hotel in Indianapolis. Photo from when I stayed there last summer.
1933 Century of Progress, Chicago World’s Fair poster by Glenn C. Sheffer (1881 - 1948). Photo from the 2023 Art for the Millions exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
April 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
1933 Century of Progress, Chicago World’s Fair poster by Glenn C. Sheffer (1881 - 1948). Photo from the 2023 Art for the Millions exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Pochoir print. Typical style of mid to late 1920s with its elaborate, stylized background and 18th century subject matter. Still in its original matte and frame.
April 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Pochoir print. Typical style of mid to late 1920s with its elaborate, stylized background and 18th century subject matter. Still in its original matte and frame.
From our visit to the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal in February, 2024. Booth dividers in the former Rookwood Tearoom (1933) now the Rookwood Ice Cream Parlor. The fanciful tiles were designed by William E. Hentschel.
April 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
From our visit to the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal in February, 2024. Booth dividers in the former Rookwood Tearoom (1933) now the Rookwood Ice Cream Parlor. The fanciful tiles were designed by William E. Hentschel.
My 1937 Nu-Dell Style Chart tie rack. By turning the knob the chart tells you what color shirt and suit matches the color of the tie you choose.
April 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
My 1937 Nu-Dell Style Chart tie rack. By turning the knob the chart tells you what color shirt and suit matches the color of the tie you choose.
The National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica, Royal Oak, Michigan. Named in honor of St. Therese de Lisieux and designed by architect Henry J. McGill. It was completed in 1936.
April 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica, Royal Oak, Michigan. Named in honor of St. Therese de Lisieux and designed by architect Henry J. McGill. It was completed in 1936.
A photo from my 2014 visit to the Dallas Museum of Art of a Warren Telechron 431 Modernique. Designed by Paul Frankl in 1928, it originally sold for $50.00 and was nicknamed the Fifty Dollar clock. This clock is on my most wanted list.
April 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A photo from my 2014 visit to the Dallas Museum of Art of a Warren Telechron 431 Modernique. Designed by Paul Frankl in 1928, it originally sold for $50.00 and was nicknamed the Fifty Dollar clock. This clock is on my most wanted list.
1930s barware from my Chase Chrome collection, Iced Drink cups, Stirring Cocktail Mixer and spoon, Old Fashion Cups and Old Fashion muddlers.
April 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
1930s barware from my Chase Chrome collection, Iced Drink cups, Stirring Cocktail Mixer and spoon, Old Fashion Cups and Old Fashion muddlers.
A photo from 2019 when I was passing through Rockford, Illinois. The polychrome terracotta Liebling Building (aka the Jackson Piano Building), built circa, 1930.
April 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A photo from 2019 when I was passing through Rockford, Illinois. The polychrome terracotta Liebling Building (aka the Jackson Piano Building), built circa, 1930.
Painted ceiling and frosted glass and metal light in the wonderful Fisher Building, Detroit, Michigan (Albert Kahn, 1928).
April 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Painted ceiling and frosted glass and metal light in the wonderful Fisher Building, Detroit, Michigan (Albert Kahn, 1928).
From the 2017 exhibit “The Jazz Age” at the Cooper Hewitt Museum, this 1928 K.E.M. Weber sideboard and Chair and 1934 Ekco AD-65 radio designed by Wells Coates. #artdeco #artdecoradio #kemweber #ekcoradio #wellscoates #cooperhewitt
April 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
From the 2017 exhibit “The Jazz Age” at the Cooper Hewitt Museum, this 1928 K.E.M. Weber sideboard and Chair and 1934 Ekco AD-65 radio designed by Wells Coates. #artdeco #artdecoradio #kemweber #ekcoradio #wellscoates #cooperhewitt
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal. The former Women’s Lounge Alcove, featuring a spectacular jungle theme mural of carved linoleum created in 1933 by Pierre Bourdelle (1901 - 1966).
April 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal. The former Women’s Lounge Alcove, featuring a spectacular jungle theme mural of carved linoleum created in 1933 by Pierre Bourdelle (1901 - 1966).