Object Details
Designer
Harold L. Van Doren, American, 1895-1957
John Gordon Rideout, American 1898-1951
Manufacturer
Air-King Products Company, Inc., Brooklyn, New York, USA
Description
Rectangular, box-like form of off-white plastic with stepped sides. The front molded with a series of seven vertical striations from top to bottom, and four horizontal ones near base; three white control dials and a large black dial at the center with number scale and image of Atlas holding up the globe; metal plaque at front top showing map of the world; rectangular speaker grill over woven textile on top.
Credit Line
Gift of George R. Kravis II
Date
1935
Accession Number
2018-22-20
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
appliances & tools
Decorative Arts
Object Name
radio
Type
radio
Medium
thermoplastic (Plaskon), metal, glass, textile, electronic components
Dimensions
H x W x D: 29.8 × 22.5 × 19.1 cm (11 3/4 × 8 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
manufactured in
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2018-22-20