Detroit Institute of Arts Museum
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Coffee and Tea Service, 1983
silver, gold plate, and ebony
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Designer Robert Venturi, American, born 1925
Manufacturer Alessi, S.p.a., Italian, founded 1921
Title
  • Coffee and Tea Service
  • Tea and Coffee Piazza (series title)
Date 1983
Medium silver, gold plate, and ebony
Dimensions Overall (approx): 8 3/4 × 16 5/8 × 14 inches (22.2 × 42.2 × 35.6 cm)
Credit Line Founders Society Purchase with funds from Founders Junior Council, James Pearson Duffy Fund, Lenora and Alfred Glancy Foundation Fund, Modern Decorative Arts and Sculpture Fund, Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Alvan Macauley, Jr. Fund
Accession Number V2015.19
Department Contemporary Art after 1950
Not On View
Provenance
1986-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Tea and Coffee Piazza. Exh. cat., Officina Alessi and Max Protetch Gallery. New York, 1983, pp. 10, 31, 70-73 (ill.).