"Euclid" Salad Bowl, 1995

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Artifact Overview

Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Salad bowl

Date Made

1995

Place of Creation

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2019.144.516

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plastic
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Blue
Red
Brown
White (Color)
Black (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 5.25 in (bowl)
Diameter: 15.5 in (bowl)
Height: 5.5 in (packaging)
Width: 15.75 in (packaging)
Length: 15.75 in (packaging)

Inscriptions

on bottom of bowl: ALESSI / ITALY / Graves / GRAVES / DESIGN on label on packaging: ALESSI / Graves / MICHAEL / GRAVES / (c) Michael Graves and F.A.O./ Alessi spa, Italy / MG14 AZ "Euclid" /Insalatiera in PMMA, Graves blue/Graves red / PMMA salad bowl, Graves blue/Graves red / cl 500 0 cm 40 x h cm 15 - 5 qt 9 oz - 0 15 3/4' x h 6' / design Michael Graves / Alessi s.p.a. 28023 Crustinallo (NO) Italia
"Euclid" Salad Bowl, 1995