"Corinth" Dinner Plates, 1987

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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

Dinner plate

Date Made

1987

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2019.144.524

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Porcelain (Material)
Cardboard

Color

Light blue
Silver (Color)
White (Color)
Black (Color)
Brown

Dimensions

Height: 0.75 in (plate)
Diameter: 10.875 in (plate)
Height: 3 in (packaging)
Width: 11 in (packaging)
Length: 11.5 in (packaging)

Inscriptions

on bottom of each plate: Swid Powell / Cityline / Graves / (c)Michael Graves 1987 / "Corinth" on label on packaging: Swid Powell / Cityline / 1541 Corinth / Dinner Plate / Four Pieces