Lot Essay
cf. Bruno Foucart, et al, Normandie Queen of the Seas, Vendome Press, New York, 1985, p. 111 for an illustration of this model in use in a stateroom
Details
A BAKELITE AND CHROMIUM-PLATED TELEPHONE, for a stateroom aboard the S.S. "Normandie", the chocolate brown base of shaped rectangular form with rolled front, the receiver supported by chromium-plated mount, with LE MATERIEL TELEPHONIQUE BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT POST 3520-A metal tags--6½in. (60.5cm.) high
Exhibited
Osaka, Japan, Suntory Museum, Fantastic Voyage, July 20 - September 29, 1996