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Coffee maker

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    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
    Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq452933df1-277b-47cc-8525-70faf859fd73

    Record ID

    chndm_1997-132-1

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