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original unrestored c. 1930's american art deco style dupont "deluxe" two-tone green enameled streamlined style steel desk
  • original unrestored c. 1930's american art deco style dupont "deluxe" two-tone green enameled streamlined style steel desk
  • original unrestored c. 1930's american art deco style dupont "deluxe" two-tone green enameled streamlined style steel desk
  • original unrestored c. 1930's american art deco style dupont "deluxe" two-tone green enameled streamlined style steel desk
  • original unrestored c. 1930's american art deco style dupont "deluxe" two-tone green enameled streamlined style steel desk
original unrestored c. 1930's american art deco style dupont "deluxe" two-tone green enameled streamlined style steel desk

original unrestored c. 1930's american art deco style dupont "deluxe" two-tone green enameled streamlined style steel desk

SKU: UR-19621-14
original and unrestored c. 1930's highly sought after american art deco streamlined style heavy gauge enameled steel desk with design characteristics attributed to notable industrial designer norman bel geddes (1893-1958) for the simmons manufacturing co., kenosha, wi. the machine age desk retains the original dupont "deluxe" green and off-white baked enameled finish. the cold-rolled steel desk contains three pull-out drawers with unique spun aluminum drawer pulls in the form of deeply recessed cups with centrally located knobs. the right side of the desk features a popular "waterfall" motif, which was widely used in depression era furniture. the four tapered steel legs remain structurally sound and secure. the chrome plated steel feet remain intact. simmons first introduced their metal bedroom "suite" in 1923. norman bel geddes was brought onbaord to design furniture pieces for the 1933-34 world's fair in chicago. he began his career with set designs for aline barnsdall's los angeles little theater in the 1916-1917 season, then in 1918 as the scene designer for the metropolitan opera in new york. an in 1927, bel geddes established an industrial-design studio, where he designed a wide range of commercial products, from cocktail shakers to commemorative medallions to radio cabinets. his designs extended to unrealized futuristic concepts: a teardrop-shaped automobile, and an art deco house of tomorrow. in 1929, he designed "airliner number 4," a 9-deck amphibian airliner that incorporated areas for deck-games, an orchestra, a gymnasium, a solarium, and two airplane hangars. bel geddes's book horizons (1932) had a significant impact: "by popularizing streamlining when only a few engineers were considering its functional use, he made possible the design style of the thirties." bel geddes designed the general motors' pavilion, known as futurama, for the 1939 new york world's fair. for that famous and enormously influential installation, bel geddes exploited his earlier work in the same vein: he had designed a "metropolis city of 1960" in 1936. bel geddes's book magic motorways (1940) promoted advances in highway design and transportation, foreshadowing the interstate highway system ("there should be no more reason for a motorist who is passing through a city to slow down than there is for an airplane which is passing over it"). his autobiography, miracle in the evening, was published posthumously in 1960. the "chromopathic" finish is largely intact, with discoloration and general wear evident along the desk top. the fully functional drawers are equipped with hardwood slides that remain in great overall condition.measures 42 x 21 x 30 inches.

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