The Little Dripper Coffee Set <br/> by Michael Graves for Swid Powell

Artist/Designer: Michael Graves b. 1934, Indianapolis, IN   Title: The Little Dripper Coffee Set, (Coffee Pot with Lid, Coffee Filter, Creamer and Sugar Bowl with Lid) Medium: Ceramic Dimensions: Coffee pot: 7"h with lid 19.5" x 6." with dripper 9.5"h. 8 cup capacity. Dripper: 4"h x 6.25"x 6", Creamer: 3.75"h x 3.5" x 5.5", Sugar Bowl: 3"h without lid x 3.5" x 4.25" Manufacturer: Swid Powell Details: This set was given as a gift to the Senior Vice President, Design Director of Home for Bloomingdale's in 1985 by Nan Swid and Addie Powell. Bloomingdale's was one of the first large department stores to carry Swid Powell products. This example is in excellent condition. Notes from the Archive: In Annette Tapert's book on Swid Powell she writes, "For Graves the correlation between his architecture and the pieces he designed for Swid Powell is the use of figurative motif and the application of color. "In many of these artifacts, I've used a similar palette, but in the symbolic sense,