Tag: 1930s

Categories / Food and Drink

Manhattan Dining Collection from Marks and Spencer

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Manhattan

A striking contrast to some of their recent floral designs, Marks and Spencer are offering this Art Deco influenced Manhattan dining collection.

The designs are all straight lines and streamlined stripes and all the glamour you'd associate with that period. The shape of the teapot and the milk jug especially look to the more angular modernist style. Even better for a collection with such striking looks is that it's all dishwasher and microwave safe.  

Some items in the collection seem to be going out of stock, so grab what you can now. Prices start at £6 for a bowl. 

See the range online

Categories / Art and Photography

Mai Tai Zombie by Jonny Hannah

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Mai tai

It's not the first time we've featured the striking work of British artist Jonny Hannah. His most recent exhibition Burning Love is a heady wall-to-wall mix of jazz, blues & retro Americana with a twist of wit and wickedness that has become his trademark.

Mai Tai Zombie is a unique painting on a cut out board, resembling the signs that adorned the original tiki bars that swept across America in the 1930s. An appropriate finishing touch for those lucky enough to have a bar at home, or those who just wish they did.

Mai Tai Zombie is £95 from Castor & Pollux - you can catch Jonny Hannah's Burning Love exhibition at their Brighton gallery until 13th March.

Categories / Retro Women's Fashion

Vintage 1930s evening opera bag

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Vintage opera bag

This vintage 1930s evening bag should not just be reserved for the opera, although the sparkling beauty of it yearns to accompany your evening gowns.

It's in good condition, despite its age, and covered with hundreds of small white and clear beads in a sun ray pattern. There is a classic push back clasp and extra carrying strap, with a small inner pocket.

Truly something for a special occasion, it can be yours for £43.00 at SuzieFloozie.com

Categories / Homeware

“Why Go Home So Soon?” Collection

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The “Why Go Home So Soon?” Collection is another range developed from the artwork in the London Transport Museum Poster Collection.

The items available are the usual sort of thing that the London Transport Museum sells – mugs, travelcard holders, coasters and placemats – but the designs are really rather lovely. They date back to 1938 from a series of posters encouraging commuters to dine out, under the slogan “Why Go Home So Soon?” Marc Fernand Severin did the original illustrations, which are in a typical 1930s style.

A set of four coasters costs £12.99. Visit the London Transport Museum website to see the full collection.

Categories / Toys and Games

Re-issue of 1930s game Laripino

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LARIPINO
If you want to buy your kids a game that doesn't require an endless supply of AA batteries, you may want to look at this re-issue of the game Laripino.

The game dates back to the 1930s when it was manufactured by Spear's and operates on a very simple concept: players roll marbles down the helter skelter and are awarded different amounts of points depending on the hole the marbles land in. It's as straight forward as that. While this re-issue makes use of the original packaging to add to its nostalgic charm, whether your kids go for it or not is a different matter…

The game costs £8. 

Buy it from Maiden

Categories / Design and Interiors

Charlatans by Darling Clementine for nineteenseventythree

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Dc diva
Charlatans is a new range of cards from two of our favourites, Darling Clementine designing for nineteenseventythree.

The card range includes 16 new designs that are packed full of retro charm. Each card focuses on a different dubious character, that you could imagine seeing loitering around in prohibition-era America. Pictured is the diva, while there is also the likes of the poet, the cabaret girl, the gypsy and the sailor. There's even a card called Minelli. The illustrations enhance the 1920s/30s feel of the characters. 

Perfect for the loveable rogues in your life, each card costs £2. 

See them online