Object Details
Designer
Henry Dreyfuss , American, 1904 – 1972
Henry Dreyfuss Associates
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Washington, DC, USA
Manufacturer
Western Electric Manufacturing Company, USA, founded 1881
Client
AT&T
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
White plastic form consisting of oval body, the handset cradled horizontally across top above clear plastic rotary dial; white coiled cord on left connects handset to body.
Credit Line
Gift of Elaine Evans Dee
Date
Designed 1959; this example manufactured 1960
Accession Number
1990-1-1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
appliances & tools
Decorative Arts
Object Name
telephone
Type
telephone
Medium
Molded plastic, metal
Dimensions
H x W x D: 9.8 x 21 x 9 cm (3 7/8 x 8 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
made in
USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1990-1-1