Coffee Mill

c. 1941

Archie Thompson

Associated Names
Archie Thompson

Artist, American, 1886-1975

The image shows a large, vintage coffee grinder with a wooden base and a metal bowl on top, along with a metal crank handle. The color palette consists of warm browns from the wood and muted metallic tones from the grinder bowl and handle. Positioned centrally, the base of the grinder is square with a protruding drawer, and the metal bowl sits atop this base with the handle extending to the right. The background is plain and off-white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 46.1 x 36 cm (18 1/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 8" high; 6" deep; handle: 7" long; base: 9" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.9452

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 493, no. 1791.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: ARCHIE THOMPSON

Wikidata ID

Q64536321

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