Sugar Bowl, "Celebrating 20 Years with Michael Graves," 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

Sugar bowl

Date Made

1995

Place of Creation

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2019.144.670

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Stainless steel
Plastic
Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Silver (Color)
Red
Blue

Dimensions

Height: 3 in (bowl)
Width: 5 in (bowl)
Length: 4.125 in (bowl)
Height: 0.5 in (spoon)
Width: 0.875 in (spoon)
Length: 4 in (spoon)

Inscriptions

on label on front of sugar bowl: 1985-2005 / 20 / YEARS on bottom of sugar bowl: ALESSI / INOX 18/10 / ITALY on product return card: ALESSI / 170 / [...] / Kindly return this slip with any complaint / [...] / Alessi s.p.a. 28882 Crusinallo (VB) Italia