Drawing
about 1994 (made)
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Rough sketch designs (12) for a coffee percolator. The sketches show different ideas for the handle, base and lid of the coffee percolator and are arranged over the entire sheet of paper thus showing all the ideas togther allowing comparison in a decoartive way. They are the first amongst 13 sheets of designs for the coffee percolator. Models for the coffee percolator, itself, were made from the architect Pino Spagnolo's designs by Frederico Guaneri, Head of the associated company, Tecnema, and were collected with the drawings in 1995.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | pencil on coated paper |
| Brief description | Rough design sketches for a coffee percolator in pencil on paper. |
| Physical description | Rough sketch designs (12) for a coffee percolator known as the Biesse coffee pot. The sketches show different ideas for the handle, base and lid of the coffee percolator and arranged over the entire sheet of cream-coloured paper. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | numbered in blue chalk '1' |
| Credit line | Given by the designer Pino Spagnolo |
| Object history | Given by the designer. The models were made from the architect Pino Spagnolo's designs by Frederico Guaneri, head of the associated company, Tecnema, and were collected with the drawings in 1995. |
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| Summary | Rough sketch designs (12) for a coffee percolator. The sketches show different ideas for the handle, base and lid of the coffee percolator and are arranged over the entire sheet of paper thus showing all the ideas togther allowing comparison in a decoartive way. They are the first amongst 13 sheets of designs for the coffee percolator. Models for the coffee percolator, itself, were made from the architect Pino Spagnolo's designs by Frederico Guaneri, Head of the associated company, Tecnema, and were collected with the drawings in 1995. |
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| Accession number | E.687-1997 |
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| Record created | September 12, 2006 |
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