Capello Roma radio receiver with gramophone

The luxury Roma device was a precious decoration of living rooms in the 1930s. The mains-powered radio has a vertical housing, covered in fine veneer with a contrasting layout of areas. The fittings and inlays enlivening the cuboid shape of the cabinet are made of chrome. In the top part, an Always is installed, whose adapter housing has the shape of an inverted shield. On the front side, there is a cabinet with a geographic tuning scale, closed behind two doors, concealing a Milano radio behind it (five-valve, seven-circuit superheterodyne). Roma uses an exceptional “Geographic” scale. It presents a political map of Europe on which the locations of main cities and their radio transmission broadcasting stations are marked with backlit dots. Placed below, behind a densely woven fabric cover, is an electrodynamic concert speaker. Manufacturer: Polskie Zakłady Radiowe Capello, 1937-1938 Inv. No.: MIM2181/V-537 Model prepared on the basis of photogrammetric measurements Licence: CC BY-NC-SA