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    Object Details

    Designer

    René Coulon, 1908 – 1997

    Manufacturer

    Saint-Gobain Vetrotex International S.A.

    Description

    Upright, flat rectangular plate glass sheets with flat metallic heating elements sandwiched between; surrounded by tubular chromed metal frame with rings at upper corners and set into long triangular base of thick tempered glass.

    Credit Line

    Museum purchase from James Ford Fund

    Date

    ca. 1937

    Accession Number

    1990-102-1

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    appliances & tools
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    Radiator

    Type

    Radiator

    Medium

    Glass, crome-plated metal

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 59 x 43 x 14.8 cm (23 1/4 x 16 15/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

    manufactured in

    France

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq465459f45-8c20-445e-8277-056813c6338b

    Record ID

    chndm_1990-102-1

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