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Object Details
- Designer
- Henry Dreyfuss , American, 1904 – 1972
- Office of
- Henry Dreyfuss Associates
- Manufacturer
- Westclox, American, founded 1936
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Round, footed alarm clock. White face with brown numbers framed by off-white border, rimmed with brass. Foot with central brass plate showing Henry Dreyfuss signature.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Henry Dreyfuss
- ca. 1944
- Accession Number
- 1972-88-185
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- timepieces & measuring devices
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Alarm Clock
- Type
- Alarm Clock
- Medium
- Enamelled metal, brass, blued steel (hands), printed paper
- Dimensions
- 14 x 13 x 7 cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
- manufactured in
- LaSalle, Illinois, USA
- designed in
- New York, New York, 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_1972-88-185
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq432a3e65b-8fda-450d-a7cf-7316bbc21034
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