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Emerson Model 321 "Chinese Chest" |
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| The 1934 Emerson model 321
radio featured hand-painted Chinese-style images on the front, sides,
and inside each of the doors. The rest of the cabinet was finished
in black and gold lacquers.
This oriental motif can be found on a number radios, phonographs, TV's, and furniture items from the 1930's through the 50's, so it was apparently quite popular, though I fail to understand why. The thick blobs of paint they used for the islands look like they were squeezed out of a tube like cake icing, and give it a crude, somewhat amateurish appearance. Still, this is a rare and unusual set, and it definitely looks better with the doors open. |
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| The Emerson 321 seen in a 1934 brochure |
