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Photos by Boyd.B.Underwood
Art Deco is the name of a type of visual art that made its way from France to America in the 1920s, afterwhich it had a pretty strong effect on the tastes of designers in North America, especially in the 1930s. Buildings, appliances and vehicles — as well as many other products — were built by designers influenced by the movement.
Art deco was no longer widely used in many countries by the end of World War II.
But a renewed interest budded in the 1960s.
Are you familiar with the Art Deco inspired concert posters for hippy bands? How about the rounded velvet furniture and colored glass vases that adorned the houses of the middle and upper class? It seems to have been a style that appealed in various ways to many sections of society.
This “boat” — it has a backend customized to look something like a boat — was built sometime later. Among the parts that went into it is a 1973 GMC front wheel drive 455 cu/in motorhome chassis. The creator is one Randy Grubb.
Other parts are older: later 40’s/early 50’s White model 3000 sheet metal.
This Art Deco “Decoliner” must have quite a history.
