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Height and Weight Meter, model S

Height and Weight Meter, model S
Name: 
SCALE
Height and Weight Meter, model S
circa 1927
Country: 
United States New York New York
Accession: 
XX1990.24
Joseph Sinel Designer International Ticket Scale Corporation Maker
Collection: 
Object
Industrial Design
Art Deco
Subject: 
Health/Hygiene , Skyscraper , Industrial Design , Metal/Metal Design
Inches 72-1/2 18 5-1/2, Centimeters 196.9 45.7 64.8
Credit Line: 
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
URL: 
XX1990.24.JPG
Tags: 
Industrial Design~Art Deco
Height and weight meter in the form of a skyscraper with plinth foot rest and inscription; body covered with chrome plated diamond lozenge motif with a circular dial near top above change dispenser; rectangular mirror section at top, ornamented by inscription in pediment.
Height and Weight Meter, model S
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  • Title :     Height and Weight Meter, model S
  • Artist:     Joseph Sinel Designer International Ticket Scale Corporation Maker
  • Accession:     XX1990.24
  • Country:     United States New York New York
  • Date:     circa 1927
  • Dimensions:     Inches 72-1/2 18 5-1/2, Centimeters 196.9 45.7 64.8
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Industrial Design
  • Collection Theme:     Art Deco
  • Subject:     Health/Hygiene , Skyscraper , Industrial Design , Metal/Metal Design
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     XX1990.24.JPG
  • Tags:     Industrial Design~Art Deco
Description:
Height and weight meter in the form of a skyscraper with plinth foot rest and inscription; body covered with chrome plated diamond lozenge motif with a circular dial near top above change dispenser; rectangular mirror section at top, ornamented by inscription in pediment.
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