A FOUR-PIECE SILVER, BAKELITE, LACQUERED ALUMINUM AND MOCK IVORY COFFEE AND TEA SERVICE WITH SPOON AND TRAY
A FOUR-PIECE SILVER, BAKELITE, LACQUERED ALUMINUM AND MOCK IVORY COFFEE AND TEA SERVICE WITH SPOON AND TRAY

MICHAEL GRAVES, DESIGNED IN 1980, MANUFACTURED BY OFFICINA ALESSI S.P.A., 2000

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A FOUR-PIECE SILVER, BAKELITE, LACQUERED ALUMINUM AND MOCK IVORY COFFEE AND TEA SERVICE WITH SPOON AND TRAY
Michael Graves, Designed in 1980, Manufactured by Officina Alessi S.p.a., 2000
coffee pot 9¾in. (24.7cm.) high, tray 16in. (40.6cm.) diameter
coffee pot, teapot, creamer, sugar and tray stamped with artist's monogram, 69/99 ITALY 2000 and with silver mark 925
gross weight 245.4 oz. (7632 gr.) (6)

Lot Essay

cf. R. Craig Miller, Modern Design 1890-1990 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990, pp. 258-259 for an illustration of the prototype of the 800 silver, lacquered aluminum, mock ivory and Bakelite tea and coffee service, 1980-1983, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

See Juli Capella and Quim Larrea, Designed by Architects in the 1980s, 1987, p. 78 and Karen Vogel Nichols et al, eds., Michael Graves: Buildings and Projects: 1982-1989, 1990, p. 72 for illustrations of the model.

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