Object Details
Designer
Peter Schlumbohm, American, born Germany, 1896 - 1962
Manufacturer
Chemex Corporation
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Hourglass-shaped coffee maker of transparent glass with high neck and circular mouth molded with a narrow spout; tapered wood collar/hand grip at neck tied with leather thong with bead stop; small projecting dot as water level indicator in lower body, vertically aligned with spout.
Credit Line
Museum purchase from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Date
1941
Accession Number
1997-132-1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
appliances & tools
Decorative Arts
Coffee maker
Medium
Molded glass, wood, leather
Dimensions
37.4 x 18 diameter cm (14 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
made in
New York, New York, USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1997-132-1