Sculptura Telephone from the Design Line Series
Object Details
- Date
- ca. 1974
- 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.
- manufactured in
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Credit Line
- Gift of Donald M. Genaro
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Accession Number
- 2018-40-1
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- telephone
- Type
- telephone
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- 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.)
- Record ID
- chndm_2018-40-1
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.