Design for a Radio
Object Details
- Designer
- Alfons Bach, American, b. Germany, 1904–1999
- Client
- Philco (Philadelphia Storage Battery Company)
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Design for Philco radio with rectangular case and rounded corners. Large circular dial with numbers on front, speaker grate at left, two knobs below, Philco branding at upper left. On top of radio, six small buttons in row. Handle for radio at right.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Alfons Bach
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1993-108-387
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Brush and watercolor, chalk on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 30.6 × 46 cm (12 1/16 × 18 1/8 in.)
- Mat: 40.6 × 55.9 cm (16 × 22 in.)
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1993-108-387
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49c2ee483-abd4-48df-b54d-97b025214b9b
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