Frankfurt Telephone
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Telefonbau und Normalzeit GmbH, German, founded 1899
- Designer
- Richard Schadewell, German
- Description
- Black-enameled brass rotary telephone with nickel-plated brass rotary dial and black Bakelite receiver; white faceplate with black numbers under dial; black ring with white letters, A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,J,K, and manufacturer's logo, TM, within dial.
- Credit Line
- Gift of George R. Kravis II
- 1929
- Accession Number
- 2018-22-45
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- telephone
- Type
- telephone
- Medium
- Enameled and nickel-plated brass, Bakelite (TM), woven textile (cord)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 13.5 × 11 × 15.3 cm (5 5/16 in. × 4 5/16 in. × 6 in.)
- manufactured in
- Frankfurt, Germany
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_2018-22-45
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e68b767f-6718-494c-8d56-41432306416a
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