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Sculptura Telephone from the Design Line Series

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Manufacturer

    Western Electric Manufacturing Company, USA, founded 1881
    AT&T

    Designer

    Donald M. Genaro, American, b. 1932

    Office of

    Henry Dreyfuss Associates

    Description

    Circular yellow plastic housing with a void between the handset and base. Base of the phone takes a half-circle shape with a flat bottom and white touch-tone keypad at center top. Phone handset forms the upper-half of the circular body and has a coiled yellow cord.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Donald M. Genaro

    Date

    ca. 1974

    Accession Number

    2018-40-1

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    appliances & tools
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    telephone

    Type

    telephone

    Medium

    Thermoplastic, electronic components

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 20 × 22.9 × 10.5 cm (7 7/8 in. × 9 in. × 4 1/8 in.)

    manufactured in

    Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

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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/kq4d702829a-694e-45ed-a8bc-2fd8f4607754

    Record ID

    chndm_2018-40-1

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