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Design for a Clock Radio

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Designer

    Richard Arbib, American, 1917–1995

    Office of

    Richard Arbib, American, 1917–1995

    Designer

    Donald Henry, American

    Client

    General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, USA

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Rectangular clock radio on yellowed vellum background and base line with white case, blue-green and silverish metal face. Clock and radio controls on right two-thirds of case with speaker on left third. General Electric and logo on lower left of speaker section.

    Credit Line

    Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Griffith Bailey Coale and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund

    Date

    1957

    Accession Number

    1992-181-1

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    appliances & tools

    Object Name

    Drawing

    Type

    Drawing

    Medium

    Blue, black pastel, brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on vellum

    Dimensions

    H x W: 45.1 × 60.3 cm (17 3/4 × 23 3/4 in.)

    made in

    New York, New York, USA

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a202b5b2-ee01-4c12-bf07-0c50f15cd316

    Record ID

    chndm_1992-181-1

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