C. 1970s Richly Resonant Rotary Phone in Rasta Colors hand-painted sailor larger pedestal: 2 5/8" t

larger pedestal: 2 5/8" t

creamy white painted woven seat with plenty of loss but still holding onto the frame

rather it seems sort of miraculously melded to the metal

leaving nice compartments inside for organizing and storing all sorts of things

and for match striker inlaid on the bottom

C. 1970s Richly Resonant Rotary Phone in Rasta Colors hand-painted sailor larger pedestal: 2 5/8" tSo that the kids or grandkids know what an old fashioned plug into the wall rotary phone looked like, and because dialing on it feels so satisfying (I had actually forgotten the pleasures of rotary dialing, and of holding a real handset to one's ear, but what joy). But especially because this one, with red, yellow and green painted decoration animating every inch, feels as if it lived a radical, exuberant, engaged sort of life. I've been thinking a