Object Details
- Designer
- Marco Zanuso, Italian, 1916 – 2001
- Richard Sapper, German, 1932 - 2015
- Manufacturer
- Italtel, founded 1921
- Distributor
- Becker Inc., founded 1972
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Red folding "clamshell" type telephone opens to reveal black keypad below pierced earpiece in hand set; speaker in base, below hinge; spiral black cord attached to back of base.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Becker Inc.
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 1987-91-3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Folding telephone
- Type
- Folding telephone
- Medium
- Molded ABS plastic, rubber
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (closed): 6.6 x 15.5 x 7.5 cm (2 5/8 x 6 1/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
- H x W x D (open): 22 x 14.5 x 7.5 cm (8 11/16 x 5 11/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
- manufactured in
- Milan, 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_1987-91-3
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq451cd5961-afb3-4b95-b826-e17a39c09422
