Detail View: The AMICA Library: Coffeepot
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.33.165.1
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Germain, François-Thomas
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Creator Role:
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Maker
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1726-1791, master 1748
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Creator Name-CRT:
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François-Thomas Germain
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Title:
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Coffeepot
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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18th century (1756-57)
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Creation Start Date:
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1756
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Creation End Date:
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1757
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Materials and Techniques:
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Silver
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Classification Term:
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Metalwork-Silver
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Dimensions:
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H. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm), W. with handle 12 in. (30.5 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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33.165.1
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Credit Line:
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Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1933
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Rights:
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Context:
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Germain, the son of a royal silversmith, was himself appointed 'orfèvre du roi' in 1748. From then until about 1765 he was the most fashionable silversmith in Paris, with a workshop of more than one hundred craftsmen executing commissions for the courts of France, Portugal, and Russia. This coffeepot is one of six made as part of a large table service ordered in 1756 by Joseph I of Portugal. With this masterful Rococo design Germain created an extraordinary impression of movement and surface brilliance through the spiral channeling of the body, the scrolled and foliate legs and feet, and the swirl of coffee leaves and berries at the base of the handle. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.es33.165.1.R.tif
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