Geometric art deco design

Stapling pliers, c. 1935

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These stapling pliers showed how high style fused with efficiency in the office. Its Cubist-inspired design, in enamel on chrome-plated metal, was popular in the early Art Deco period in American industrial design, similar to the Kodak Camera and box, also seen in this exhibition.

Fridolin Polzer received a patent in 1934 for this design manufactured by Hotchkiss, whose front can be removed to load a strip of staples onto a guide. A squeeze on the handles quickly staples the paper, and repetitive use did not tire the user as conventional staplers could.

Details
Title
Stapling pliers
Artist Life
American (born Austria), born c. 1879
Role
Designer
Accession Number
98.276.182.1
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Geometric art deco design