Coffeepot Museum Dinner Service

Eva ZeiselWW-1942-136475

1942·Porcelain and glaze·25.7 × 19.7 × 12.7 cm (10 1/8 × 7 3/4 × 5 in.)

<p>This elegant coffeepot is part of a 25-piece table service that was designed by Eva Zeisel and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1946. Known as the <em>Museum Service</em>, it was touted as the first modern formal dinnerware to be executed in porcelain. By combining organically undulating lines with a clean, unadorned ivory surface, Zeisel’s design evokes a sense of modernism that appealed to a design-conscious audience, while retaining a traditional, recognizable form.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1942
Medium: Porcelain and glaze
Dimensions: 25.7 × 19.7 × 12.7 cm (10 1/8 × 7 3/4 × 5 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Eva Zeisel

Artist

Eva Zeisel

Sculpture

Eva Striker Zeisel was a Hungarian-born American industrial designer known for her ceramics, primarily from the period after she immigrated to the United States. Her forms are often abstractions of the natural world and human relationships. Zeisel was a self-declared "maker of useful things" and her work is held in many museum collections.

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