Object Details
Office of
Henry Dreyfuss Associates
Client
Radio Corporation of America, American, founded 1919
Description
Horizontal rectangle. On blue-gray ground, design for a brown angled rectangular radio viewed obliquely from front. Large round dial at centers with numbers from 55 to 160 curving across, a brown knob at the dial's center. Two notched wheels at lower left and lower right of radio for controlling tuning and volume. A speckled white and brown pattern on the front, solid brown color at the radio's sides.
Credit Line
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund
Date
1946
Accession Number
2017-1-3
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
appliances & tools
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and gouache on illustration board
Dimensions
H x W: 35.6 × 50.2 cm (14 in. × 19 3/4 in.)
H x W (Mat): 43.8 × 58.4 cm (17 1/4 in. × 23 in.)
Mat: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.)
made in
New York, NY, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2017-1-3