Object Details
- Designer
- Ettore Sottsass, (Italian, 1917–2007)
- Perry A. King, English, b. 1938
- Manufacturer
- Ing. C. Olivetti & C. S.p.A., Ivrea, Italy
- Description
- Red plastic rectangular typewriter (a); open keyboard with standard alphabet on black keys; two ribbon spools, each with orange button in center; red handle on back. Contoured, rectangular matte red plastic case (b), open on one side, into which typewriter slides; black rubber tab on each side of opening that attach to and secure typewriter.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor
- ca. 1969
- Accession Number
- 1986-99-40-a,b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- typewriter and case
- Type
- typewriter and case
- Medium
- Molded ABS plastic, metal, rubber
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (a): 10.3 x 33 x 34 cm (4 1/16 in. x 13 in. x 13 3/8 in.)
- H x W x D (a, b: with case): 11.5 x 34.5 x 35.5 cm (4 1/2 in. x 13 9/16 in. x 14 in.)
- manufactured in
- Ivrea, Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1986-99-40-a_b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq446ac66a3-4c9d-4746-8a27-659e327f8972
