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Michael Graves

(United States, 1934-2015)
Estimate
80 000 - 100 000 SEK
7 600 - 9 500 EUR
7 980 - 9 980 USD
Hammer price
80 000 SEK
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Michael Graves
(United States, 1934-2015)

a five pieces sterling tea- and coffee service, limited edition by Alessi, Italy 1985.

The handles with off-white bakelite, blue finials, black feet, height of the teapot 25 cm, diameter of the tray 41 cm, maker's marks OFFICINA ALESSI 1985 18/99 ITALY, 925, Italian silver marks, Swedish import marks, total weight excluding the tray ca 3790 g.

Minor traces of wear, the tray is made without the maker's marks.

More information

Michael Graves (1934-2015), American, an architect, a professor of Architecture at Princeton University, he was a part of the Memphis Group as a designer.
Graves was a postmodernist predecessor, in architecture as well as in design. He was a postmodernist forerunner in architecture with the 1970's Portland Public Office Building, which is regarded as iconic.
Graves Teapot "Bollitore", designed in 1984, with a whistling bird as a spout, has been one of Alessi's bestsellers for many years.
Comes with the original wrapping and boxes.