The 1929 Sweetheart toaster on display shelf© Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Art Deco dining room of Brown Hotel Louisville Kentucky circa 1925© Fpg/Getty Images ...

It has been many decades since the electrification of the Victorian toaster, that primitive two-sided bread rack that straddled the flames of a stove burner and made toastmaking a watchful art. As ...

An Art Deco toaster, created by the General Electric Co., should be insured for $500. Q. I inherited this single-piece electric toaster from my parents. Decorated with a gazelle on the side, the ...

Electric toasters, which did not gain real popularity until the late 1920s, were often a symbol of modernism. The toaster’s “Art Deco” styling was a combination of many different art movements of the ...

Musk described the Robovan as a "Futuristic Art Deco Bus," on X, formerly Twitter, however some social media users did not appear to be sold by the design.

During the 1920s and 1930s, chrome items were referred to as “poor man’s silver.” Never mind that some of it was made in the art deco decades by some of the most important designers of the ...

Art Deco may be hard to define, but you know it when you see it. Its architecture is at once angular—associated with shapes such as chevrons and triangles—and arcs.

Art Deco is enjoying a resurgence in decor, fashion and more. A new generation is appreciating the style’s unapologetically glamorous roots and translating it into something new.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Automatic single slice toaster, ...

Repair PDX volunteer Randy Greb (left) and participant Steve Vegdahl test Vegdahl’s art-deco toaster to make sure it functions properly. Though his neighbor gave him the device at a garage sale ...