"Airflow" table fan Designer: Robert Heller (American, 1899–1973)
Manufacturer: A. C. Gilbert Company (American, 1916–1967)

Designed 1937

American Decorative Arts

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design

Medium

Chromium-plated steel, aluminum and cast iron

Dimensions

13 1/2 × 11 1/4 × 8 in. (34.3 × 28.6 × 20.3 cm)

Credit Line

John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, B.A. 1959

Accession Number

2010.158.8

Geography

Manufactured in New Haven, Connecticut

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Tools and Equipment

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Provenance
John C. Waddell, New York, 2000–2010; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography

  • "Acquisitions," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2011.pdf (accessed March 1, 2012).
  • John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 332–33, no. 231.

Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

fans (equipment)

Marks

"GILBERT," painted in red on rectangular tag mounted to guard; " Made by The A.C. Gilbert Co./ New Haven, Conn. U.S.A./110-120 Volts 60 Cycles only / Cat. A53 Watts 40/U.S. Pat. Nos. 1,938,380, 2,022,417, and Des. Pat. Nos. 104,259, 104,260, and 104,261/ Tested by / Code M1743-X," printed on paper label affixed to underside

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