A vacation typewriter, just four inches high, was all the rage in 1921. "It travels with you, an intimate, personal friend, like your pet fishing rod or your golf clubs."
The Olivetti Lettera 22 was/is ~3.15” (8cm). Typed reams of paper on one, lots cross legged on the floor.
They’re under $200 w/case on eBay now. Mine was blue, pic is my partner’s.