Norman Bel Geddes & Company
"Manhattan" Cocktail Set

Design houseAmerican, active 1927–1950
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Manhattan" Cocktail Set
DateDesigned 1934, made 1936-1939
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumChrome-plated brass
DimensionsCocktail shaker: 13 × 3 1/4 in. diameter (33 × 8.3 cm)
Serving tray: 7/8 x 14 5/8 x 11 1/2 in. (2.2 × 37.1 × 29.2 cm)
Cocktail cup: 4 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. diameter (11.7 × 6.4 cm)
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
On view

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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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