On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Cover

Cover
1983 (made)
Artist/Maker
Alessi (made)
Alessandro Mendini (designed)
Place of origin
Milan (made)

Covers for Tea and Coffee Service, electroplated silver on copper.

Object details

Object type
Cover
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Cover (Closure)
  • Cover (Closure)
  • Cover (Closure)
TitleCover (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Electroplated silver on copper.
Electroplate
Plated
Brief description
Covers for Tea and Coffee Service, electroplated silver on copper. Designed by Alessandro Mendini and made by Officina Alessi, Milan, Italy, 1983
Physical description
Covers for Tea and Coffee Service, electroplated silver on copper.
Gallery label
TEA & COFFEE SERVICE
Electroplated silver on copper
Italy, Milan, 1983
Made by Officina Alessi, A division of Alessi spa, Milan
Designed by Alessandro Mendini
Inscribed OFFICINA / ALESSI / ITALY / PA / TE 22 (-25) / INOX 18/10 / EPSS / PA
A prototype for a series of eleven tea and coffee services commissioned from international architects by Officina Alessi and made in a limited edition of 99 in silver.
M.59-e,-1988
(12.12.2023)
Tea and Coffee Service
Electroplated silver on copper
Designed by Alessandro Mendini and made by Officina Alessi
Milan, Italy, 1983
Museum no. M.55-E-1988

In the early 1980s, the Italian design company Alessi commissioned eleven tea and coffee services to be designed by international architects and encouraged them to put forward experimental forms and approaches. This service was a prototype developed by Alessandro Mendini and a limited edition of 99 were then made in silver. Mendini was a postmodern designer who specialised in playfully reinventing ordinary objects.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.55A/PART-1988

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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