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"PuRI.T" Soup or Cereal Bowls, 2005

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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

Soup bowl

Date Made

2005

Place of Creation

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2019.144.740

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Ceramic (Material)
Cardboard

Color

White (Color)
Blue
Black (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 3 in (bowl)
Diameter: 6.5 in (bowl)
Height: 5 in (packaging)
Width: 6.625 in (packaging)
Length: 6.625 in (packaging)

Inscriptions

on bottom of each bowl: DANSK (R) / GRAVES STUDIO(TM) / Puri.T / microwave/dishwasher safe / Sri Lanka on label on bottom of each bowl: Puri.T(TM) / Soup/Cereal Bowl / SKU#6334775 / Made in Sri Lanka on front of product card: DANSK(R) / USE AND CARE on front of packaging: PuRI.T / 4 SOUP/CEREAL BOWL / DANSK(R) / GRAVES STUDIO(TM) / 100 Lenox Drive, / Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 / For Consumer / Service Call / 1-800-29DANSK / www.dansk.com / MICHAEL GRAVES / DESIGN GROUP