Coffee Mill

c. 1940

Carl Buergerniss

Associated Names
Carl Buergerniss

Artist, American, 1877 - 1956

The image shows a vintage coffee mill made mostly of wood with a dark metallic crank and an ornate top. The color scheme is primarily warm browns from the wood and deep metallic hues from the crank. The coffee mill is centrally positioned with the base at the bottom center and the handle extending upward and slightly to the top left.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.8 x 36.1 cm (14 1/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: drawing actual size of object

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.9453

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 495, no. 1796.

Inscriptions

lower right in colored pencil: Carl / Buergerniss.

Wikidata ID

Q64537903

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