Sunbeam Mixmaster
Object Details
- Designer
- Ivar Jepson, American, b. Sweden 1903 – 1965
- Manufacturer
- Sunbeam Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, USA, founded 1897
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- One-piece, metal and plastic mixer stand (a) composed of cylindrical, metal motor unit with plastic handle at top and settings dial on rear, atop a curved metal arm on a tear-drop shaped plastic base with name on side: "Sunbeam / MIXMASTER"; circular plastic turntable (b) inset in base, to support one of two interchangeable bowls: small circular clear glass bowl (c); large circular clear glass bowl (d). Motor unit tilts back, allowing removal of bowl, and access to two detachable metal beaters (e,f) descending from unit. Additional interchangeable components are: white ceramic reamer on metal shaft (g); clear glass juicer (h) in form of shallow, circular bowl with tube-like protrusion.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund
- ca. 1955
- Accession Number
- 1993-150-1-a/h
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Mixer
- Type
- Mixer
- Medium
- Chrome-plated metal, molded glass, molded plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 32 x 25 x 34 cm (12 5/8 x 9 13/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
- manufactured in
- Illinois, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1993-150-1-a_h
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44dfa22a9-b0c5-45c2-84f5-082ac6dacc60
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