Prototype for a Radio Enclosure
Object Details
- Date
- 1946
- Manufacturer
- Evans Products Company, American, 1923 - ca. 1962
- Designer
- Charles Eames, American, 1907–1978
- Description
- Rectangular plywood form with curved edges and corners; low, rectilinear retractable wooden handle on top; face with speaker grill composed of concentric rings of circular holes on left, two holes to receive dials bottom right.
- made in
- Venice, California, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Credit Line
- Gift of George R. Kravis II
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Accession Number
- 2018-22-80
- Type
- models and prototypes
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- prototype radio enclosure
- Type
- prototype radio enclosure
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- walnut plywood, lacquer
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 17.1 × 22.9 × 14.6 cm (6 3/4 in. × 9 in. × 5 3/4 in.)
- Record ID
- chndm_2018-22-80
Rectangular plywood form with curved edges and corners; low, rectilinear retractable wooden handle on top; face with speaker grill composed of concentric rings of circular holes on left, two holes to receive dials bottom right.