Object Details
- Designer
- Henry Dreyfuss , American, 1904 – 1972
- Donald M. Genaro, American, b. 1932
- Firm
- Henry Dreyfuss Associates
- For
- Bell Telephone Laboratories, Washington, DC, USA
- Manufacturer
- Western Electric Manufacturing Company, USA, founded 1881
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- White ovoid body consisting of handset on base; coiled white cord at one end; rotary dial on underside of handset.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Henry Dreyfuss Associates
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 1991-115-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Telephone
- Type
- Telephone
- Medium
- Molded plastic, electronic components
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8.5 × 23 × 7.6 cm (3 3/8 in. × 9 1/16 in. × 3 in.)
- manufactured 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_1991-115-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq431766125-0d7e-4b8e-bc1b-6c17b78d5f40
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