1994.12.a-c, Gift camera, Walter Dorwin Teague (designer), Eastman Kodak Company (manufacturer), c. 1930
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Giving objects, even stationary ones, streamlined shapes was seen as a sign of progress and dynamism in the Depression years of the 1930s.
2004.3, Microphone (Model W-1248), Webster-Chicago Corporation (maker), American, c. 1936-1940
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This ribbon microphone, with its teardrop-shaped Bakelite casing and aggressive stack of chrome ribs, exudes the essence of streamlined style.
1992.B.54 Rembrandt Peale, Portrait of a Man
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The soft edges, neutral background, and cool tonality of this painting have recently led scholars of the Peale family to reattribute this work to Rembrandt Peale. Initially trained by his father, Rembrandt Peale developed a softer, more three-dimensional style, which this meditative portrait seems to display.
1982.18, Votive plaque with seated figure of Pluto, Roman, 2nd-3rd century C.E., silver over copper
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The silver and copper ex-voto in the form of a leaf or feather is one of three similar pieces found together in Tunisia. The group once belonged to Norbert Schimmel, and one piece is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
1988.65, Large bottle, Syro-Roman, c. 1st-4th century C.E., glass
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Glass has been used as a form of artistic expression for approximately 3,500 years. First appearing in the form of small beads in Mesopotamia, glass was soon shaped around preformed cores of earth to make hollow vases.
1988.64, Small bottle, Syro-Roman, c. 1st-4th century C.E., glass
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Glass has been used as a form of artistic expression for approximately 3,500 years. First appearing in the form of small beads in Mesopotamia, glass was soon shaped around preformed cores of earth to make hollow vases.
2000.331, Firescreen, Eugene Schoen (designer), Schmieg and Kotzian (maker), c. 1935-1936
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Giving objects, even stationary ones, streamlined shapes was seen as a sign of progress and dynamism in the Depression years of the 1930s.
1994.51, Head of a priest, Roman, Palmyrene, c. C.E. 150-250
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This Roman imperial portrait head, which is in excellent condition, straddles two areas of the Museum's ancient art collection: Roman portraiture and Near Eastern art. Roman portraits from the late second to the early fourth century A.D.