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Cane with pull-out map

In-A-Cane Display Co.1940

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Cane with polished crook handle and short steel tip; extendable map of the city of Boston housed in shaft.

Details

  • Title: Cane with pull-out map
  • Creator: In-A-Cane Display Co.
  • Date Created: 1940
  • Type: Cane with pull-out map
  • Rights: Gift of John B. Scholz in memory of Walter Scholz
  • Medium: Wood, metal, coated fabric, plastic
  • Exhibitions: "IDEO Selects: Works From the Permanent Collection," Cooper-Hewitt, New York, 6/22/07-1/20/08
  • Dimensions: L x W x D (map partially extended, as pictured): 87.7 x 12.8 x 2.5 cm (34 1/2 x 5 1/16 x 1 in.)
  • Bibliography: "IDEO Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection," [Exhibition Brochure 6/22/07-1/20/08] Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, p. 18.

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