Object Details
Designer
Jean Elysée Puiforcat, French, 1897–1945
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Pear-shaped coffeepot with flared spout drawn in plan and elevation with an applied scalloped-edged lower body indicated in yellow pastel to be executed in vermeil. Hinged lid surmounted by a short stem-form finial and attached C-scroll handle indicated in white pastel to be executed in ivory. Raised on a short flaring foot. Placement of screws and hinge indicated by circles on finial and upper handle. Underdrawing in graphite of coffeepot in golden section.
Credit Line
Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra
Date
October 1941
Accession Number
1995-164-70
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
metalwork
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pen and black ink, graphite on cream tracing paper; verso: white and yellow pastel
Dimensions
43 x 29.2 cm (16 15/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
made in
Mexico City, Mexico
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1995-164-70