Atomic Coffee Maker
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Brevetti Robbiati
- Designer
- Giordano Robbiati, Italian
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Polished aluminum body consisting of domed head on curved tubular arm/water reservoir with large black plastic knob and down-curved steam tube with brown plastic circular tap; bulging circular base; removeable filter holder with black handle and brown knob inserted in underside of head. Squat, bulbous coffee pot with wide mouth, short spout, and black plastic D-form handle sits on base, under filter holder.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of Neil Sellin
- Patented in Italy 1946; this model ca. 1965
- Accession Number
- 1999-3-1-a/e
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- coffee maker
- Type
- coffee maker
- Medium
- Aluminum, brass, Bakelite (TM), plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (a (espresso maker), c/e (filter holder)): 22.5 × 21.2 × 21 cm (8 7/8 × 8 3/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
- Other (b (pot)): 8 × 18.5 × 13.3 cm (3 1/8 × 7 5/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
- manufactured in
- Milan, Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1999-3-1-a_e
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45d733f5d-6865-4787-98f0-103845e02013
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