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Espresso/Coffee Maker and Lid, "La Conica"

Decorative Arts and Design

DESIGNER Aldo Rossi
MEDIUM Stainless steel and copper
DATES Designed 1982
DIMENSIONS height: (28.5 cm); diameter: (10.1 cm) (approx)  (show scale)
MARKINGS Underside, center: "[company logo]/OFFICINA/ALESSI/INOX 18/10/ITALY" Underside, conforming brown rubber ring where lower section attaches to upper section: "ALESSI [GLASS AND FORK] COD 29702/UMQ"
ACCESSION NUMBER 1999.40.23a-b
CREDIT LINE Gift of Alessi S.p.A.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Aldo Rossi. Espresso/Coffee Maker and Lid, "La Conica," Designed 1982. Stainless steel and copper, height: (28.5 cm); diameter: (10.1 cm) (approx). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alessi S.p.A., 1999.40.23a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.40.23a_view2.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.1999.40.23a_view2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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