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Industrial design in the museum: the case of the FN milking machine, c.1947
09/2010 | 1290 | 152
Pages: 603-608
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Author:
Gimeno-Martínez, Javier (Gimeno-Martínez, Javier)
Subjects
dates:
1940-1949
museums and institutions:
Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre (FN) / Design Museum Gent, Ghent, Belgium
places:
Ghent / Belgium
print:
Industrial design
subjects:
Collections, Public
subjects:
Belgian / Design / Industrial design / Decorative arts / Formal analysis / Technical analysis / Aesthetics / Critical Reception / Equipment
Illustrations
Attributed works:
38. Milking machine, by Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre (FN). c.1947. Stainless steel, 36 by 40 by 40 cm. (Design Museum, Ghent).
Attributed works:
45. The newborn II, by Constantin Brancusi. 1927. Stainless steel, 18 by 24.8 by 17 cm. (Musée National d’Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; copyright ADAGP; photograph RNM/Adam Rzepka).
Western art unattributed:
39. The different parts of the milk pail include: 1. bucket, 2. handle, 3. lid, 4. pulsator, 5. milk tube, 6. teat cups and 7. pulsation tube. From R. Kets: ‘Connaisez-vous la machine à traire FN Licence Declaye?’, Revue FN 4 (November 1953), n.p.
Western art unattributed:
40. Photograph of a farmer with the FN milking machine. From X.Y.Z.: ‘Notre Grande maison. IX Fabrications diverses’, Revue FN 13 (September 1954), p.5.
Western art unattributed:
41. Cover from: ‘A Simplified Type of Milking Machine’, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. Popular Edition 524 (February 1925).
Western art unattributed:
42. Photograph of the FN milking machine in production. From M.H.: ‘A travers le Pré madame. La tolerie à main’, Revue FN 40 (March 1957), p.2.
Western art unattributed:
43. Photograph of the FN milking machine on display (mid-right) in the Agricultural section of the 1958 Brussels World Fair. From ‘A l’Expo de Bruxelles’, Revue FN 54 (June 1958), p.4.
Western art unattributed:
44. Photograph of the FN milking machine on display in the Industrial Design section of the 1958 Brussels World Fair. From ‘A l’Expo de Bruxelles’, Revue FN 54 (June 1958), p.5.