Coronet Coffee Service
Catalogue
- Year
- 1938
- Dimensions
- Coffee urn: 31 × 27 × 27.5 cm (12 1/4 × 10 11/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Creamer: 8.5 × 11 × 8.9 cm (3 3/8 × 4 3/8 × 3 9/16 in.); Sugar: 11.6 × 9 × 9.2 cm (4 5/8 × 3 9/16 × 3 5/8 in.); Tray: 2.4 × 49.6 × 31.1 cm (1 × 19 9/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Walter Von Nessen
Artist
Walter von Nessen was an American designer and metalworker known for modernist lighting and decorative objects in brass, chrome, and steel. Active in the 1920s and 1930s, he developed a signature approach to functional form that merged Bauhaus principles with American industrial production. His table lamps and sculptural vessels combined geometric severity with handcrafted refinement, establishing a model for designer-craftsman practice in the interwar period. Von Nessen's work bridged European modernism and American manufacture during a formative moment in twentieth-century design.
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Record
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- Walter Von Nessen
- Year
- 1938
- Dimensions
- Coffee urn: 31 × 27 × 27.5 cm (12 1/4 × 10 11/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Creamer: 8.5 × 11 × 8.9 cm (3 3/8 × 4 3/8 × 3 9/16 in.); Sugar: 11.6 × 9 × 9.2 cm (4 5/8 × 3 9/16 × 3 5/8 in.); Tray: 2.4 × 49.6 × 31.1 cm (1 × 19 9/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1938-136179
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified