Portable writing machine olivetti lettera 22 6 111 cover 1950 vintage

Portable typewriter olivetti lettera 22. With cover. It bears the marking 6/111 under the hood. Before the computer era, the typewriter was a very common tool in the office, and the italian company olivetti hired master designers to create some of the most beautiful models of the time. The smooth, rounded housing of this typewriter houses a complex mechanism. It is largely to marcello nizzoli, who joined the company in 1936, that olivetti owes her reputation as an avant-garde instigator and standard-bearer of modern design. His position as creative director at olivetti was taken over by ettore sottsass and then mario bellini, both of whom pursued the company's mission towards avant-garde design. State: Sold as is, untested, unrevised. Closure of the cover broken, stained. The keys go up and down. Note micro scratches and small spots. Sold as presented. Size: Height: 9 cm width: 34 cm depth: 30 cm. F395.