Champagne Flute, 2009

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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

Flute glass

Date Made

2009

Place of Creation

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2019.144.1703

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Glass (Material)

Color

Colorless
Black (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 9.5 in
Diameter: 3 in

Inscriptions

on side: MICHAEL GRAVES on side near top: CLINK HERE encircling class: THE MOON HAD RISEN HIGHER, AND FLOATING IN THE SOUND / WAS A TRIANGLE OF SILVER SCALES, TREMBLING A LITTLE / TO THE STIFF, TINNY DRIP OF THE BANJOES ON THE LAWN / "THE GREAT GATSBY" BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD on foot: RITZENHOFF
Champagne Flute, 2009