Covered urn
This covered urn forms part of an all-metal dining room Rosse designed as an entry for a competition sponsored by the International Nickel and Copper Company, which underwrote its production. It was displayed at the 1928 inaugural exhibition in New York of the American Designers' Gallery, a short-lived but important association of the best-known designers of the day, of which Rosse was the founding president. The urn is made from Monel metal, a corrosion resistant alloy of nickel and copper.
Artwork Details
- Title: Covered urn
- Designer: Herman Rosse (American (born The Netherlands), The Hague 1887–1965 Nyack, New York)
- Date: 1928
- Medium: Monel metal
- Dimensions: 2000.164.44a,b: 8 1/4 × 5 1/4 in., 1.3 lb. (21 × 13.3 cm, 0.6 kg)
- Classification: Metalwork
- Credit Line: Gift of S. Helena Rosse Trust, 2000
- Object Number: 2000.164.44ab
- Rights and Reproduction: © S Helena Rosse Trust
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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