Design
Design
Property of a Private Collector
RUSSEL WRIGHT | SIX TABLEWARES
Auction Closed
October 7, 07:54 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Private Collector
RUSSEL WRIGHT
SIX TABLEWARES
circa 1930-1940
comprising a lemonade pitcher, sherry pitcher, ice bucket and tongs, covered bowl, flare vase and bun warmer
spun aluminum, raffia, rattan, walnut, mirrored glass
lemonade pitcher #367, ice bucket, covered bowl, flare vase and bun warmer all marked Russel Wright
tallest: 10¼ in. (26 cm) high
Ann Kerr, Collector's Encyclopedia of Russel Wright, Paducah, KY, 2002, pp. 38 (for the bun warmer), 42 and 53 (for the sherry pitcher), 46 (for the covered bowl) and 53 (for the lemonade pitcher)
Sarah Nichols, Aluminum by Design, New York, 2000, p. 227 (for the lemonade pitcher)
Kravis Design Center, Industrial Design in the Modern Age, Tulsa, OK, 2018, pp. 186-187 (for the bun warmer and lemonade pitcher)
William J. Hennessey, Russel Wright: American Designer, Cambridge, MA, 1983, pp. 21 (for the flare vase) and 22 (for the bun warmer)