Design for Musaphonic Clock Radio in Blue
Object Details
- Date
- 1958
- Designer
- Richard Arbib, American, 1917–1995
- Client
- General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, USA
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Perspective for clock radio, featuring larger speaker enclosure on left hand side and smaller tuning and clock enclosure on right hand side. Speaker features a concave "v"-shaped grill with brass band surround and "Musaphonic" script at lower right. Tuning and volume knobs feature are white with brass inserts. Three clock control knobs in white. Clock hands in brass with blue insert.
- made in
- New York, New York, 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
- 1992-183-5
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Pastel, brush and gouache, watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on vellum
- Dimensions
- H x W: 47.2 × 60.1 cm (18 9/16 × 23 11/16 in.)
- Record ID
- chndm_1992-183-5
Perspective for clock radio, featuring larger speaker enclosure on left hand side and smaller tuning and clock enclosure on right hand side. Speaker features a concave "v"-shaped grill with brass band surround and "Musaphonic" script at lower right. Tuning and volume knobs feature are white with brass inserts. Three clock control knobs in white. Clock hands in brass with blue insert.