The 1940 bakelite desk "Calendaire" thermometer / hygrometer / calendar
was made by Autopoint Co., Chicago, Illinois.
It is and incredible streamline design by William B. Petzold of Pittsfield, Mass.
It measures 7"L x 2"H x 3 1/2"W.
Petzold was an industrial designer known for similar streamline creations in the late 1930s, early '40s.




Perhaps the design was inspired by the Morgan Super Sport or the 1938 French Talbot Lago below.







French 1938 Talbot Lago T150C-SS Teardrop Coupe