Coronet Coffee Service

Provenance

Sold, Wright Auction, Chicago, July 11, 2015, lot 557, to the Art Institute of Chicago.

Coronet Coffee Service

Walter Von Nessen

1938

Accession Number

229991

Medium

Chrome-plated metal, Bakelite, acrylic, aluminum, electric heating element, and cloth-bound electrical cord

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.)

Classification

coffee service

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Architecture Purchase Account Fund