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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Design for Tete-a-Tete Tea Service KVK-KVN,

Maker

  • John Martin Sorum
  • Gorham Manufacturing Company
  • Thomas Singleton
  • Henry H. Barker
  • Edmund L. Lewis

Title

Design for Tete-a-Tete Tea Service KVK-KVN

Medium

watercolor, tracing paper, ink, graphite

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • pencil,
  • ink,
  • watercolor,
  • and crayon on tracing paper

Techniques

  • pencil,
  • ink,
  • watercolor,
  • and crayon on tracing paper

Dimensions

30.5 x 24.8 cm (12 x 9 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In blue crayon in lower left corner, "KVK". In ink above drawing, "1456". Below teapot, "KVK1 1/8 Pint", below sugar bowl "KVL", and below creamer "KVM". Along bottom margin, "Tray / KVN" and "Narcissus". Various measurments and manufacturing specifications on drawing in pencil.

Type

  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.45.2175

Design for Tete-a-Tete Tea Service KVK-KVN
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In blue crayon in lower left corner, "KVK". In ink above drawing, "1456". Below teapot, "KVK1 1/8 Pint", below sugar bowl "KVL", and below creamer "KVM". Along bottom margin, "Tray / KVN" and "Narcissus". Various measurments and manufacturing specifications on drawing in pencil.

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