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1930's Art Deco Streamline Arrow Plane Car Design Study Model

About the Item

A plaster design study attributed to an artist designer at the Hill Auto Body Metal company based in Cincinnati Ohio . The company specialized in streamline equipment for airplanes and would periodically go into the automotive field with race cars and streamline bodies . This study may be based on the 1932 rear engined teardrop car called the Arrow Plane for customer Lyman Voelpel a wealthy Chicagoan and may have served as inspiration for six McQuay-Norris Cars built during that period and into 1934. The bodies were aluminum over a steel and wooden frame work and has Ford under pinning's including suspension , brakes and V8 engines . Signed to the backside of the piece R. Henshaw artist designer and discovered in an estate located in Cincinnati ,only one car exists at this writing a great piece of streamline Art Deco automotive history.
  • Similar to:
    Studio Art Deco (Artist)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 4.5 in (11.43 cm)Width: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)Depth: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)
  • Style:
    Streamlined Moderne (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1930s
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Some wear and a few slight nicks to the platform from age and handling .
  • Seller Location:
    Cincinnati, OH
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU925126816572
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