"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

2019.144.517

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plastic
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Yellow (Color)
Orange (Color)
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 Y "Euclid" /Insalatiera in PMMA, sunrise yellow/sunset orange / PMMA salad bowl, sunrise yellow/sunset orange / 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