Frankfurt Bauhaus Telephone 1925

Hungarian telephone factory 1937.
Frankfurt bauhaus telephone 1925. T n frankfurt bauhaus telephone in excellent condition working and includes original cords. The here offered telephone is the original model of 1928. Has the rarer earlier kugel or ball shaped transmitter cap and also includes a t n tag in the back of the base. The telephone was designed and manufactured for the new frankfurt housing program low cost housing intended to relieve the post world war 1 housing shortage.
It was known as the first version of the rotary telephone. Frankfurt bauhaus telephone 1925. The frankfurt bauhaus telephone was made by the fuld co. Hungarian telephone factory 1937.
It was also the name of the accompanying magazine that was published from 1926 to 1931 dedicated to international trends in architecture art housing and education. There is however another design attributed to the bauhaus movement. 5 1 8 x 4 5 16 x 6 1 8 13 x 11 x 15 5 cm. It was drafted for the homes project new frankfurt 1925 1930.
Telefon und telegraphenwerke ag frankfurt. Gropius s design for the dessau facilities was a return to the futuristic gropius of 1914 that had more in common with the international style lines of the fagus factory than the stripped down neo classical of the werkbund pavilion or the völkisch. Original art deco telephone rare 1934 h. Gift of jo carole and ronald s.
This execution is illustrated in the frankfurter register frankfurt registry. The german werkbund and the bauhaus were involved in this project and the phone is therefore often called the bauhaus phone. Frankfurt bauhaus telephone 1925. First phone for cars.
The mix genest klimax. The frankfurt bauhaus telephone was made by the fuld co. Bakelite nickel plated sheet brass and paint. Although designed along the principles of bauhaus purist do not consider the frankfurt as bauhaus as its design did not originate from the bauhaus itself.
Sometimes it is called the bauhaus telephone suggesting there was only one bauhaus model. Rotary telephone the frankfurt bauhaus is created.
