Photo Frame, 1996

Summary

Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.

Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.

Artifact

Frame (Furnishing)

Date Made

1996

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2019.144.1179

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Metal
Wood (Plant material)
Glass (Material)
Velvet (Fabric weave)
Cardboard

Color

Silver (Color)
Cream (Color)
Black (Color)
Yellow (Color)
Blue
Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 8.5 in  (frame)

Width: 10.5 in  (frame)

Length: 0.75 in  (frame)

Height: 11 in  (packaging)

Width: 9 in  (packaging)

Length: 1 in  (packaging)

Inscriptions

on label on back of frame: (c) Studio 84 / Made in China on front of packaging: THE / MICHAEL GRAVES / COLLECTION on label on front of packaging: Pewter Lashed Corner on back of packaging: MICHAEL GRAVES / Michael Graves is an interna- / tionally known architect, prod- / uct designer, artist, and profes- / sor of architecture at [...] / Made in Thailand

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