Gwathmey Siegel. Cup and Saucer, from Four-piece Place Setting, "Tuxedo," ca. 1985. Porcelain, Cup (a): 2 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (5.4 x 10.8 x 8.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 85.158.10a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 85.158.8_85.158.9_85.158.10a-b_mark_cropped_bw.jpg)
Gwathmey Siegel. Cup and Saucer, from Four-piece Place Setting, "Tuxedo," ca. 1985. Porcelain, Cup (a): 2 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (5.4 x 10.8 x 8.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 85.158.10a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 85.158.8_85.158.9_85.158.10a-b_bw.jpg)
Cup and Saucer, from Four-piece Place Setting, "Tuxedo"
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
DESIGNER
Gwathmey Siegel
MANUFACTURER
Swid Powell, New York, New York, 1982–2001
MEDIUM
Porcelain
DATES
ca. 1985
DIMENSIONS
Cup (a): 2 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (5.4 x 10.8 x 8.6 cm)
Saucer (b): 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (1.9 x 14.6 x 14.6 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
On underside of both cup (a) and saucer (b), printed in black: '© Swid Powell / Gwathmey Siegel [facsimile signature in script] "Tuxedo" '
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
85.158.10a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Paul F. Walter
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
"Tuxedo" pattern cup (a) and saucer (b) in white porcelain with vitreous glaze and transfer-printed decorations. Can-shaped cup (a), cylinder with simple arched handle. Rim decorated with series of small black squares. Three black squares around body of cup and four smaller squares near handle. Saucer (b), circular plate with wide rim; edge of rim decorated with border of small black rectangles; a black square appears in each quadrant of the rim; a black band outlines the slope of the dish of the plate but is broken under the four squares of the rim. The center of the plate has four black squares arranged in square pattern. Part of four-piece place setting (85.158.8-10a-b).
CONDITION: (a) and (b) undamaged.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Gwathmey Siegel. Cup and Saucer, from Four-piece Place Setting, "Tuxedo," ca. 1985. Porcelain, Cup (a): 2 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (5.4 x 10.8 x 8.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 85.158.10a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 85.158.8_85.158.9_85.158.10a-b_mark_cropped_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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