Espresso Machine
Object Details
- Designer
- Richard Sapper, German, 1932 - 2015
- Manufacturer
- Alessi S.p.A., Italian, founded 1921
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Mirror plated steel. Upper container (a) cylindrical, with movable D-shaped handle in brown; flat cover hinged at handle. Through spout aperture. (b) with spring closure at handle. Bowl cylindrical with flared lower vertical flat base, funnel filter (c, d). Brass valve and hexagonal at front of base.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Richard Grant
- 1978
- Accession Number
- 1987-95-5-a/d
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- metalwork
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- espresso machine
- Type
- espresso machine
- Medium
- stainless steel, plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 21 × 14 × 12.7 cm (8 1/4 in. × 5 1/2 in. × 5 in.)
- manufactured in
- 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_1987-95-5-a_d
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4cc60371c-cb62-40df-9d13-93c41e4cdcb0
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