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Collection Online as of April 24, 2024

Coffee and Tea Service

Coffee and Tea Service

c. 1910
designed by

Louis Rorimer

(American, 1872–1939)
made at

and Rokesley Shop

(American)
America, Ohio, Cleveland
silver, moonstones, ebony
Gift in memory of Louis Rorimer from his daughter, Louise Rorimer Dushkin and his granddaughter, Edie Soeiro 1991.314
Location: 228B Cleveland Artists

Description

This tea and coffee service was designed for production by the Rokesley Shop, a collaborative group working at Louis Rorimer’s studio. Reacting against industrial mass production, Rorimer emphasized inventive design in finely crafted objects.
  • Mrs. Louise Rorimer Dushkin, New York.
  • Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79. Reproduced: p. 61; Mentioned: p. 67 www.jstor.org
    Johnston, Phillip M. Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 133
    Robinson, William H., et. al. Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946: Community and Diversity in Early Modern America. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 167
    Adams, Henry, and Lawrence Waldman. Painting in Pure Color: Modern Art in Cleveland Before the Armory Show (1908-1913). Cleveland: Cleveland Artists Foundation, 2013. Reproduced: p. 31
  • Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 19-July 21, 1996).
    All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995).
    Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.314