Design for Tube Radio with Center Dial
Object Details
- Date
- ca. 1950
- Office of
- Anders-Orr & Associates,Inc, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Client
- Crosley Radio Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- White molded case vacuum tube radio featuring center pointer dial for tuner, flanked by volume and tuning control knobs. Design is reminiscent of automobile dashboards of the era. Knobs, center dial pointer and bezel feature chrome-like surface. Dial appears to be clear lucite with reverse painting.
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through the gift of Mrs. Edward C. Post
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Accession Number
- 1992-183-3
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Pastel, some stencilled, brush and white gouache, on tracing paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 39.1 × 60.4 cm (15 3/8 × 23 3/4 in.)
- Record ID
- chndm_1992-183-3
White molded case vacuum tube radio featuring center pointer dial for tuner, flanked by volume and tuning control knobs. Design is reminiscent of automobile dashboards of the era. Knobs, center dial pointer and bezel feature chrome-like surface. Dial appears to be clear lucite with reverse painting.