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.
Date
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
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1987-91-3