Object Details
- Designer
- Henry Dreyfuss , American, 1904 – 1972
- Firm
- Henry Dreyfuss Associates
- For
- Bell Telephone Laboratories, Washington, DC, USA
- Project Head
- Donald M. Genaro, American, b. 1932
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Arched rectangular body, handset with rotary dial, and coiled cord made of transparent plastic with electronic components visible.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Henry Dreyfuss
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 1972-88-179-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- industrial design
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Telephone
- Type
- Telephone
- Medium
- Plastic, metal, electronic components
- Dimensions
- 8 x 23.5 x 7.5 cm (3 1/8 x 9 1/4 x 2 15/16 in.)
- designed 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_1972-88-179-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49e9d0b34-ce4f-4253-8599-1283547dd939
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