The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Ballpoint Deskey Ball Pen

\Although Art Deco reached its zenith in the 1930s, its iconic bold styling, simplified lines and sensuous curves hold a timeless appeal. True to its form, even the name is a distillation. “Art Deco” is derived from Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, the 1925 design fair held in Paris. American designers embraced the bold simplicity of Art Deco. Donald Deskey (1894-1989), a Minnesota-born industrial, graphic and interior designer, fashioned the Art Deco cigarette box whose design inspired this pen’s. That was in 1928. Four years later, he would bring the design aesthetic to the interior of another icon with timeless appeal: Radio City Music Hall. Ball pen twi