Haartrockner
Hair dryer
Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Foto: LVR-ZMB - J. Esters/ARTOTHEK

Hair dryer, 1920–1945

ManufacturerUnknown
Metal, wood, plastic; nickel-plated, embossed
Allgemein22,5 (H) x 20,3 (B) cm
Status
not on display
About the work
This electric hairdryer was manufactured by an unknown company. The design corresponds to the typically functional, modern design language without decorative ornamentation, as first developed by AEG under the designer Peter Behrens in the 1910s. Even then, the general term "hairdryer", derived from the term for a warm, dry wind, had already become established, which the electrical company Sanitas initially registered as a trademark for its appliances in 1909.
AccessionGift 1983
Provenance[...]; 1983 erworben durch Schenkung von privat
Inventory numberP 1983-32
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