Sugar and Creamer Set, 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

Sugar and creamer set

Date Made

1987

Place of Creation

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2019.144.887

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Porcelain (Material)
Cardboard

Color

White (Color)
Green
Brown
Tan (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 3 in (sugar)
Diameter: 3.25 in (sugar)
Height: 3.75 in (creamer)
Width: 3.25 in (creamer)
Length: 5.5 in (creamer)
Height: 4.125 in (packaging)
Width: 8.75 in (packaging)
Length: 4.125 in (packaging)

Inscriptions

on bottoms of sugar and creamer: Swid Powell / Graves / (c) Michael Graves 1987 on label on bottom of creamer: MADE / IN / JAPAN on label on packaging: SWID POWELL / NEW YORK CITY / 4015 / MICHAEL GRAVES / SUGAR/CREAMER/SPOON / ONE SET