Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Historical Artifacts
General Motors 25th Anniversary Medal
Object Number:
1943.344
Date:
1933
Medium:
Silver-plated bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, in exergue, at lower left of field: "NORMAN BEL GEDDES 1933"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y."
Description:
Silver-plated bronze struck medal with obverse depicting spirit of streamlining with large vertical wing at center; legend: "TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF/MOTOR TRANSPORTATION." Reverse contains piston design symbolic of all combustion engines, with laurel wreath above; dates : "1908/1933", diagonally from bottom right to top left; legend: "COMMEMORATING/THE TWENTIETH/ANNIVERSARY OF/GENERAL MOTORS."
Gallery Label:
Bel Geddes' design for the General Motors medal epitomizes streamlined design of the 1930s.
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas C. Linn
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
