Covered sugar basin from a stacking coffee set, 1930
Gio Ponti; Manufacturer: Christofleexpand_more
Silverplated brass with walnutexpand_more
The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesotaexpand_more 98.276.259.3a,b
Not on Viewexpand_more
Among the most active and versatile architect-designers of the modernist period was Gio Ponti. In 1928 he became founder-editor of Domus Magazine which served as a mouthpiece for the Italian Novecento group organized two years earlier. In addition to designing homes he received commissions for a variety of elegant silverware such as this stackable coffee set (distinctive for its Mickey Mouse ear-like handles). Its cylinder form and function anticipates Ponti's famous chromeplated coffee machine for La Pavone in 1949.
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- Title
- Covered sugar basin from a stacking coffee set
- Artist Life
- 1892-1979
- Role
- Maker
- Accession Number
- 98.276.259.3a,b
- Curator Approved
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