The Alliance of Art and Industry: Toledo Designs for a Modern America

August 8-October 19, 2002

IThe Alliance of Art and Industry: Toledo Designs for a Modern America was curated by Davira S. Taragin, director of the Center for Glass and curator of Modern and Contemporary Glass at the Toledo Museum of Art. The exhibition explores the role Toledo's designers and workforce played in the development of modern industrial design in the first half of the 20th century. Toledo Designs shows how the ideas and products that resulted from the industrial design movement forever changed American life.

The Alliance of Art and Industry: Toledo Designs for a Modern America was organized by the Toledo Museum of Art. The exhibition and accompanying catalogue are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, expanding our understanding of the world; the National Endowment for the Arts; the Clement O. Miniger Memorial Foundation; The Stranahan Foundation; the Ohio Arts Council; and the Members of the Centennial Society of the Toledo Museum of Art. Additional support for the catalogue is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.



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Tour some of the works that will be on display!

There are 11 images contained within this archive which are intended for personal/educational use only. These images are protected by a 2002 photographic copyright which belongs to the Ohio Arts Council. They, therefore, are not in the public domain.

Frederic Vuillemenot and The DeVilbiss Company design staff Atomizer, Dropper, Tray, and Powder Box with Puff , 1927 The DeVilbiss Company glass, enamel, gold luster, and rubber bulb with textile atomizer, various sizes Pin Tray , 1927 glass, enamel, and gold luster 1/4 x 5 5/8 x 3 3/16 inches	Frederic Vuillemenot and The DeVilbiss Company design staff Perfume Atomizer Box , 1930 The DeVilbiss Company printed silver, black, and green on cardboard with paper 7 1/8 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 inches	Van Doren and Rideout, Wayne Pump , ca. 1934 The Wayne Pump Company metal, glass, chrome plate, and paint, 72 x 24 x 18 inches	Edwin W. Fuerst and Toledo Museum School of Design The Duo-Oval , patented 1933 Owens-Illinois Glass Company glass and plastic 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 1 inches
Sherman L. Kelly Ice Cream Scoop , patented 1939 The Zeroll Company aluminum, 1 1/2 x 7 x 1 5/8 inches	Donald Dailey for Harold Van Doren & Associates Electric Iron , ca.1940 Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company metal and Bakelite 4 1/2 x 9 x 4 3/8 inches	Van Doren and Rideout Air-King Midget Radio , 1933 Air-King Products Company, Inc. Plaskon, metal, and glass 11? x 8 7/8 x 7? inches	Van Doren and Rideout, Skippy-Racer Scooter , patented 1933 The American National Company metal, wood, rubber, and paint 31 3/4 x 42 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
Van Doren and Rideout Skippy Sno-Plane Sled , patented 1934 The American National Company metal, wood, rubber, chrome plate and paint, 7 1/8 x 43 x 25 inches	Van Doren and Rideout, Streamline Velocipede , patented 1935 The American National Company metal, nickel plate, rubber, and paint , 29 x 40 x 18 1/2 inches Pioneer Streamlined Tot Bike , patented 1935, steel, nickel plate, rubber, and paint, 15 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 11 inches	Harold Van Doren & Associates with Thomas R. Smith (engineer), Washer Model E , patented 1939 The Maytag Company metal, enamel, plastic, and rubber 44 1/4 x 38 3/4 x 26 inches

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