Object Details
- Designer
- Jean Elysée Puiforcat, French, 1897–1945
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Pear-shaped coffeepot with flared spout drawn in plan and elevation with an applied scalloped-edged lower body indicated in yellow pastel to be executed in vermeil. Hinged lid surmounted by a short stem-form finial and attached C-scroll handle indicated in white pastel to be executed in ivory. Raised on a short flaring foot. Placement of screws and hinge indicated by circles on finial and upper handle. Underdrawing in graphite of coffeepot in golden section.
- Credit Line
- Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra
- October 1941
- Accession Number
- 1995-164-70
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- metalwork
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, graphite on cream tracing paper; verso: white and yellow pastel
- Dimensions
- 43 x 29.2 cm (16 15/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
- made in
- Mexico City, Mexico
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1995-164-70
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4de096d63-31fc-435d-9cb4-791b7ba7e3ca
