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1979

  • Work on this object began.

1994

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Flip-File Card File

This is a Card file. It was designed by Peter Haythornthwaite. It is dated 1979 and we acquired it in 1994. Its medium is plastic, nylon, styrene. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Gift of Arango Design Foundation.

Its dimensions are

17 x 16 x 14.7 cm (6 11/16 x 6 5/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Flip-File Card File; Designed by Peter Haythornthwaite (b. 1944); New Zealand; plastic, nylon, styrene; 17 x 16 x 14.7 cm (6 11/16 x 6 5/16 x 5 13/16 in.); Gift of Arango Design Foundation; 1994-31-82

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