As a part of a general trend in the mid-1920’s to make radio equipment more living room friendly, Air Chrome Art Speakers — quite rare today — were designed to resemble paintings rather than loudspeakers. They were available in different sizes and shapes, and they featured hand-painted idyllic scenes (sunsets, brooks, deserts, ships, bays, forests, cowboys, etc.) decorating canvas cones that had been stretched into wood frames. Most of them were freestanding.

This example depicts one of the most iconic and enduring artworks of the American West -- James Earl Fraser's 1918 bronze sculpture The End of The Trail. That the speaker was created and sold during Fraser's lifetime makes it even more compelling.

Condition of the speaker overall is good, and the driver itself is good, as is the driver cord. There are scattered minor marks in the wood frame and base consistent with age and handling, but the finish on the wood is original, and both cones (the painted one on front and the blank one on back) are intact and undamaged, albeit with some moisture marks evident on the periphery of the rear cone.

Approximately 17″ high x 16″ wide x 6″ deep.