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Tea and Coffee Service

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Object Details

Designer

Jean-Emile Puiforcat, French, 1897–1945

Retailer

Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, American

Description

Silver tea and coffee service comprised of eleven pieces monogrammed “LMW.” Angular and reflective, pieces rest on geometric feet and the application of their rosewood handles, finials and accents is visible in the finished product.

Credit Line

Lent by Dallas Museum of Art, The Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection, gift of Patsy Lacy Griffith by exchange, 2002.17.1-.7

Date

ca. 1925

Accession Number

35.2016.7a/f

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

metalwork
Exhibitions
Tea and Coffee Service

Medium

Silver and rosewood

Dimensions

Kettle: 21.59 x 22.225 x 24.13 cm (8 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.), Teapot: 12.065 x 17.78 x 11.748 cm (4 3/4 x 7 x 4 5/8 in.), Coffeepot: 18.415 x 15.24 x 9.684 cm (7 1/4 x 6 x 3 13/16 in.), Creamer: 8.573 x 9.208 x 5.08 cm (3 3/8 x 3 5/8 x 2 in.), Waste bowl: 6.668 x 11.43 x 8.255 cm (2 5/8 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.), Sugar bowl: 9.525 x 12.065 x 9.684 cm (3 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 3 13/16 in.)

made in

France

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Exhibitions Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq439fc8d2a-ec55-41b4-92e2-5cb89982b350

Record ID

chndm_35.2016.7a_f

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