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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 ...
The toaster’s “Art Deco” styling was a combination of many different art movements of the time. It used geometric shapes and unusual, modern materials to create a new, “modern” aesthetic that became ...
Design, features, and usability. Perhaps inspired by the smooth art deco lines of its 20th century appliance hit, the Stand Mixer, the KitchenAid 4-Slice toaster (model KMT422) looks straight out ...
Art Deco has therefore defied easy categorisation. The term itself was not widely adopted until after 1968, when it was used by Bevis Hillier, an art historian, based on the name of the exhibition.