WALTER DORWIN TEAGUE | "BLUEBIRD" RADIO, MODEL NO. 566

Auction Closed

October 7, 07:54 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Geyer Collection

WALTER DORWIN TEAGUE

"BLUEBIRD" RADIO, MODEL NO. 566

designed circa 1934

produced by Sparton Corporation, Jackson, Michigan

mirrored glass, chromium-plated metal, fabric, painted wood

stamped BLUEBIRD/MODEL566

14¼ x 14½ x 7 in. (36.2 x 36.8 x 17.8 cm)

J. Stewart Johnson, American Modern 1925-1940: Design For a New Age, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000, p. 95

Reyer Kras, Icons of Design! The Twentieth Century, Munich, 2000, p. 57