About the Artwork
Coffeepot
1789
Denis Francois Franckson
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French
Unknown
Silver, wood
Overall: 3 7/8 × 8 × 3 inches, 353.3 g (9.8 × 20.3 × 7.6 cm, 12.5 ounces)
Silver
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Esther Cutler in memory of Robert H. Tannahill
72.297
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Private collection, France
purchased from Au Vieux Paris (dealer), Paris
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Bulletin of the DIA, vol. 52, no 1, 1973, p 16 (ill).
You, Yao-Fen. “From Novelty to Necessity: The Europeanization of Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate.” In Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate: Consuming the World, ed. Yao-Fen You, Mimi Hellman, and Hope Saska. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 2016, pp. 31–33; 37 (ill.); 129, cat. 27.
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Denis Francois Franckson, Coffeepot, 1789, silver, wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Esther Cutler in memory of Robert H. Tannahill, 72.297.
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