Norman Bel Geddes & Company
"Manhattan" Cocktail Set

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Design house Norman Bel Geddes & CompanyAmerican, active 1927–1950

Designer Charles W. Beeston, Cocktail ShakerAmerican, born England, 1904–1990

Designer L. Garth Huxtable, Serving TrayAmerican, born Canada, 1911–1989

Designer Jane A. McKay, Cocktail CupAmerican, 1905–1999

ManufacturerManufactured by Revere Copper and Brass Co.American, established 1928

CultureAmerican

Titles

"Manhattan" Cocktail Set

DateDesigned 1934, made 1936-1939

PlaceNew York, New York, United States

MediumChrome-plated brass

DimensionsCocktail shaker: 13 × 3 1/4in. diameter (33 × 8.3cm)
Serving tray: 7/8 x 14 5/8 x 11 1/2in. (2.2 × 37.1 × 29.2cm)
Cocktail cup: 4 5/8 x 2 1/2in. diameter (11.7 × 6.4cm)

Credit LineThe American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection, museum purchase funded by the American Institute of Architects, Houston; Glassman Shoemake Maldonado Architects; Haynes Whaley Associates, Inc.; Watkins Hamilton Ross Architects; Kirksey & Partners Architects; Powers Brown Architecture; Rey de la Reza; Lonnie Hoogeboom, AIA; Heights Venture Architects, LLP; Martha Murphree, Hon. AIA; Chris Hudson; Griesenbeck Architectural Products, Inc.; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Searight; Martha Seng; John Hawkins; Dan Brents; Pam Vassallos; Palmer and Merry Schooley; and an anonymous donor

Object number2001.608.1-.10

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 206

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[Max Protetch Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2001.
Exhibition History"American Modern: 1920's and 30's Design," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 15-July 20, 2003.

"Form Follows Function: Celebrating 10 Years of the American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection at the MFAH," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Alice Pratt Brown Garden Gallery, August 8, 2010-January 30, 2011.

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