Object Details
Producer
Swid Powell, American, 1982 - 2001
Designer
Michael Graves, (American, 1934–2015)
Description
Four piece tea service with globular coffee pot, coffee filter, creamer, and sugar bowl with integral x-shaped bases in red-brown. All vessel bodies are decorated with wavy lines in blue-green enamels with gilded spheres at top and circular handles at side.
Credit Line
Gift from the George R. Kravis II Collection
Date
1987
Accession Number
2019-29-7/9
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Object Name
coffee service
Type
coffee service
Medium
porcelain, gilding, enamel
Dimensions
H x W x D (coffee pot): 17.8 × 24.1 × 15.2 cm (7 in. × 9 1/2 in. × 6 in.)
H x W x D (filter): 10.2 × 16.5 × 12.1 cm (4 in. × 6 1/2 in. × 4 3/4 in.)
H x W x D (creamer): 8.6 × 14 × 8.9 cm (3 3/8 × 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
H x diam. (covered sugar bowl): 10.8 × 8.9 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
manufactured in
Japan
designed in
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2019-29-7_9