Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Black telephone with large block base and stepped foot, crank on one side. Handset resting on top held by stand with two prongs, straight black cord.

Credit Line

Museum purchase from the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

ca. 1920

Accession Number

1994-73-1

Manufacturer

L.M. Ericsson Company, founded 1876

manufactured in

Belgium

Medium

Metal, plastic

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Type

appliances & tools

Decorative Arts

Telephone