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Coffee service

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Object Details

Manufacturer

Sunbeam Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, USA, founded 1897

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Service pieces are chrome cylindrical with some horizontal striations; handles composed of black fluted cylinders.

Credit Line

Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund

Date

1934

Accession Number

1993-150-44

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

metalwork
Decorative Arts
Coffee service

Medium

Chrome-plated metal, enamel

Dimensions

(tray): 2.5 x 37.5 x 32.5 cm (1 in. x 14 3/4 in. x 12 13/16 in.)
(coffee maker): 29.5 x 17.3 x 10 cm (11 5/8 x 6 13/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
(hot plate): 5.8 x 17.6 x 11.2 cm (2 5/16 x 6 15/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
(teapot): 19.4 x 15.3 x 8.5 cm (7 5/8 in. x 6 in. x 3 3/8 in.)
(sugar bowl): 9.4 x 8.6 x 7.4 cm (3 11/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
(creamer): 9.6 x 12.2 x 7 cm (3 3/4 x 4 13/16 x 2 3/4 in.)

made in

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/kq47de88a1a-ad8c-4b2a-b686-b957716da43c

Record ID

chndm_1993-150-44

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