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Coffee Pot

ca. 1983 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Electroplated silver and enamel coffee pot, designed by Aldo Rossi for Alessi, made ca. 1983.


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Cover (Closure)
Materials and techniques
Electroplated silver with enamel
Brief description
Electroplated silver and enamel coffee pot, designed by Aldo Rossi for Alessi, made ca. 1983.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28cm
  • Width: 14cm
  • Diameter: 12.4cm
Object history
Part of a tea and coffee service which was a prototype for the series of eleven tea and coffee services commissioned from architects by Officina Alessi, a division of Alessi S.p.A., Milan, and made in a limited edition in silver.
Bibliographic reference
ed. Glenn Adamson and Jane Pavitt, Postmodernism Style and Suversion, 1970-1990, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2011 p.79. pl.92
Collection
Accession number
M.57-1988

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Record createdNovember 9, 2007
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