The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 18, 2024

Teapot (lid)

Teapot (lid)

c. 1910
designed by

Louis Rorimer

(American, 1872–1939)
made by

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 1991.314.2.b
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.
  • Johnston, Phillip M. Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 133
  • Bringing Modernism Home: Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (organizer) (January 28-April 17, 2005).
    Columbus Museum of Art (1/28/2005 - 4/17/2005): "Bringing Modernism Home, Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960", ex. cat. no. 10, p. 35.
    William H. Robinson and David Steinberg, Transformations in Cleveland Art 1796-1946 Community and Diversity in Early Modern America (The Cleveland Museum of Art/Ohio Univesity Press), p. 167, fig.178, p. 249.
  • {{cite web|title=Teapot (lid)|url=false|author=Louis Rorimer, Rokesley Shop|year=c. 1910|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.314.2.b