Flat Iron Holder

c. 1938

Salvatore Borrazzo

Associated Names
Salvatore Borrazzo

Artist, American, 1916 - 1964

This is a drawing of a decorative metal trivet. The drawing features a round trivet with a star-shaped design in the center, supported by three small legs. The handle has a twisted pattern that complements the beaded rim encircling the star pattern. Surrounding the main illustration is a smaller sketch of the trivet viewed from a slight angle above and a side view providing insight into its dimensionality. The details are rendered in monochrome.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.3 × 28.7 cm (8 3/4 × 11 5/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 5 3/8" in diameter; 89 1/2" long; 1 1/16" high

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.3673

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 499, no. 1807.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: S. BROAZZO

Wikidata ID

Q64630229

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