Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Western Electric Manufacturing Company, USA, founded 1881
- Designer
- George R. Lum, American, 1889 – 1989
- For
- Bell Telephone Laboratories, Washington, DC, USA
- Contributor
- Henry Dreyfuss , American, 1904 – 1972
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Black rotary telephone; transmitter/receiver handset in cradle on raised body with square base; black metal finger wheel above white dial with black numbers; smooth cord, one end attached to handset and the other to back of telephone base.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase from the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund
- ca. 1937
- Accession Number
- 1994-73-2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- telephone
- Type
- telephone
- Medium
- metal, steel, printed paper, rubber-sheathed cord
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 14 x 23 x 18.5cm (5 1/2 x 9 1/16 x 7 5/16in.)
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1994-73-2
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47ae526c1-0b04-4d5e-a311-bf7176d04d80
