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Tea and Coffee Piazza
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Tea and Coffee Piazza

Michael Graves (American, born in 1934)
Alessi (Italy, founded 1921)
1983
Place of ManufactureOmegna, Italy
Medium/TechniqueSterling silver with lacquer, aluminum, Bakelite, and mock ivory
DimensionsTray - Overall: 7 x 41 cm (2 3/4 x 16 1/8 in.)
Coffee pot - Overall: 26.5 x 12 cm (10 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineThe Daphne Farago Collection
Accession number2012.1298.1-5
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
ProvenanceBy 1991, acquired by Donna Schneier Fine Arts, New York; 1991, sold by Donna Schneier Fine Arts to Daphne Farago, Little Compton, RI; 2012, year-end gift of the Daphne Farago Collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 2013)
Flute
Graves & Co.
about 1840
Restricted: For reference only
Michael Graves
about 1982
Group shot: 1999.118.1-2
Michael Graves
1981
Group shot: 1999.118.1-2
Michael Graves
1981
Clarinet in C
Graves & Co.
about 1835
Piccolo
Graves & Co.
about 1840
Clarinet in C
Graves & Co.
about 1840
Cornet in B-flat
Gilmore, Graves & Co.
about 1864–66
Bass tuba in E-flat
Gilmore, Graves & Co.
1864–66
Noh Flower
Morris Graves
1954