1900—1910
The Portable Flame
This period is interpreted through documented shifts in materials, production and visual culture. Individual records note uncertainty where evidence is incomplete.
1900—1990
A Century of Form
A chronological reading of portable flame, from early mechanisms and wartime utility to modernist production and collecting culture.
1910—1920
War & Industrial Design
This period is interpreted through documented shifts in materials, production and visual culture. Individual records note uncertainty where evidence is incomplete.
1920—1930
Art Deco
This period is interpreted through documented shifts in materials, production and visual culture. Individual records note uncertainty where evidence is incomplete.
1930—1940
Advertising & Luxury
This period is interpreted through documented shifts in materials, production and visual culture. Individual records note uncertainty where evidence is incomplete.
1940—1950
Utility & Mass Production
This period is interpreted through documented shifts in materials, production and visual culture. Individual records note uncertainty where evidence is incomplete.
1950—1960
Mid-Century Modernism
This period is interpreted through documented shifts in materials, production and visual culture. Individual records note uncertainty where evidence is incomplete.
1960—1970
Luxury & Pop Culture
This period is interpreted through documented shifts in materials, production and visual culture. Individual records note uncertainty where evidence is incomplete.
1970—1990
Design, Novelty & Collecting
This period is interpreted through documented shifts in materials, production and visual culture. Individual records note uncertainty where evidence is incomplete.