Object
1938Cigarette lighter
The streamlined shape of this Ronson cigarette lighter was a feature of the American Art Deco style. This piece was made about 1938 when American designers applied streamlining not just to means of transportation such as trains and motorcars but also to architecture and a wide range of consumer goods. Streamlining allowed designers to create a modern decorative style.
Cigarette lighter · Newark · ca. 1938. Chromium plated steel with a white plastic body. By Louis Aranson. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.