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Tray, "Bombe"

Decorative Arts and Design

MEDIUM Stainless steel and Bakelite
DATES designed 1945; made 1983
DIMENSIONS width: (43.0 cm); depth: (33.5 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS Impressed on base near handle proper left: "ALESSI / INOX 18/10 / ITALY"
ACCESSION NUMBER 1999.40.6
CREDIT LINE Gift of Alessi S.p.A.
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Ovoid shape with outward flaring rim, with two opposing, thick, black, flattened arch shaped, semi-circular, Bakelite handles, attached with two small circular screws at handle base. Condition: new / unused.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Alessi (founded 1921). Tray, "Bombe," designed 1945; made 1983. Stainless steel and Bakelite, width: (43.0 cm); depth: (33.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alessi S.p.A., 1999.40.6. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.1999.40.2-6.jpg)
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Alessi (founded 1921). <em>Tray, "Bombe,"</em> designed 1945; made 1983. Stainless steel and Bakelite, width: (43.0 cm); depth: (33.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alessi S.p.A., 1999.40.6. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.1999.40.2-6.jpg)