Object Details
- Designer
- L.M. Ericsson Company, founded 1876
- Hugo Blomberg, Swedish, b. 1897
- Ralph Lysell, Swedish, b. 1907
- Hand Gosta Thames, Swedish, b. 1916
- Manufacturer
- North Electric Company, Galion, Ohio, USA
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Light blue one-piece unit; ear piece tapering down to flaired rounded base/mouthpiece; rotary dial/on-off switch on underside of base. Grey cord attached at back.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Paul Moore and Charlton M. Theus, Jr.
- ca. 1960
- Accession Number
- 1998-36-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Telephone
- Type
- Telephone
- Medium
- Molded ABS plastic, nylon, rubber, metal, printed paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 20.5 x 9 x 11cm (8 1/16 x 3 9/16 x 4 5/16in.)
- manufactured in
- Galion, Ohio, USA
- designed in
- Stockholm, Sweden
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1998-36-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4f3fd7544-0df6-45cb-8057-c75386b68974
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