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Ettore Sottsass

Valentine Portable Typewriter and Case,

Maker

  • Olivetti Manufacturing Company
  • Perry A. King
  • Ettore Sottsass

Title

Valentine Portable Typewriter and Case

Medium

plastic, rubber, metal

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • plastic,
  • rubber,
  • and metal

Techniques

  • plastic,
  • rubber,
  • and metal

Dimensions

10.2 x 32.7 x 32.7 cm (4 x 12 7/8 x 12 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: "valentine" in lower case letters molded into case above keys;"olivetti" in lower case molded on interior of case back with a symbol."Made in Olivetti Plant/Barcelona-Spain"

Place

Place Made: Barcelona; Place Made: Spain

Type

  • Product Design

Credit

Gift of Glenn Gissler

Object Number

2005.97.2

Valentine Portable Typewriter and Case

Manual / Issue 2

Loreum Ipsum
Read Online

Selected Works

Marks: "valentine" in lower case letters molded into case above keys;"olivetti" in lower case molded on interior of case back with a symbol."Made in Olivetti Plant/Barcelona-Spain"

Place Made: Barcelona; Place Made: Spain

Publications

Manual / Issue 2

Loreum Ipsum
Read Online

Selected Works

Exhibition History

Re-Viewing the Twentieth Century

July 21, 2006 - April 22, 2007
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