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Restaurant Florent: Coffee cup, water glass, wineglass

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Object Details

Design Director

Tibor Kalman, American, b. Hungary, 1949–1999

Designer

Alexander Isley, American, b. 1961

Photographer

Chris Callis

Firm

M&Co, New York, New York, USA, 1979–1992

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Recto: On a pale gray-toned background, across the center from left to right, is a photograph of a white china coffee cup, and a water glass and wineglass, both transparent. All three cast shadows to the right and are imprinted in small black capital letters with the types of meals offered at particular times: the cup, Brunch/ Sat-Sun; the water glass, Lunch/ Mon-Fri; the wineglass, Supper/ 12 PM-3 AM.
Verso: The restaurant's name, address and telephone number are imprinted in small capitals on four lines, the name in bolder and darker type, at the top left. A narrow vertical line separates the message area from the addressee area; Place/ Stamp/ Here is imprinted in the latter, top right.

Credit Line

Gift of Tibor Kalman/ M & Co.

Date

1986

Accession Number

1993-151-284

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

graphic design

Object Name

postcard

Type

postcard

Medium

Offset lithography

Dimensions

10.8 x 15.2 cm (4 1/4 x 6 in.)

Place

USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4447abd8a-171f-4148-9713-8cfc2bc4cadf

Record ID

chndm_1993-151-284

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