ID: 700000164 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000164	Record Type: Movable Work
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Tea Service (tea service; designer: Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, 1870-1956); manufacturer...; ca. 1910; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 2000.278.1-.9)

Note: This service was made for the Weiner Werkstatte, the company of designers, artists, and craftsmen founded in Vienna in 1903 to produce luxury objects in the most advanced style. Its materials are lavish: hand-beaten silver, ebony, and semiprecious stones. Hoffmann, however, has integrated them with forms of uncompromising austerity: straight sides, domed lids, and squared-off handles. The only decoration, except for the inset jewels, is the single thin horizontal line of raised dots near the bottom of each container. The set was purchased in 1911 by a San Francisco couple on their European wedding journey and descended from them to their grandson, the vendor to the Museum.

Titles:

Tea Service (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: set

Work Types:

tea service [300227686] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Object Groupings and Systems (hierarchy name), object groupings, <object groupings by general context>, sets (groups), services (sets))

Classifications:

metalworks (preferred)

decorative arts

Modern art

Creation Date: ca. 1910

Creator Display:

designer: Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, 1870-1956); manufacturer: Wiener Werkstätte (Austrian, 1903-1932) [preferred,VP]

designer Hoffmann, Josef (Austrian architect, draftsman, and designer, 1870-1956) Extent: design [500019177]

manufacturer Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese association, 1903-1932) Extent: execution [500268774]

Locations:

Creation: Wien [7003321] Vienna state (state), Austria (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2000.278.1-.9

Credit Line: Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund, 2000

Display Materials: silver, ebony, amethyst, carnelian

	silver (metal) [300011029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <silver| silver compounds| alloys>)

	ebony (wood) [300012055]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood)

	amethyst (mineral) [300011133]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral, quartz (mineral))

	carnelian [300133223]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral, quartz (mineral), chalcedony)

Dimensions: Various dimensions; larger teapot: 13.7 cm (height) (5 3/8 inches); 10 components, 2 teapots, 2 lids, 1 creamer, 1 milk pitcher, 1 sugar bowl, 1 tongs, 1 tray, 1 warming stand

Cultures:

European (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Modern (style or period) [300264736] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by general era>)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	tea (beverage) [300249828]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, food, beverages) (AAT)

Provenance: private collection, San Francisco (1910–d. 1989; purchased in Karlsbad, Germany); by descent to private collection, New York (1989–2000; sold to MMA)

Inscriptions: All pieces are individually hallmarked and the sugar bowl has the additional stamp - "WEINER WERKSTÄTTE" impressed in the base

Marks: All pieces are individually hallmarked and the sugar bowl has the additional stamp - "WEINER WERKSTÄTTE" impressed in the base.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Tea Service	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 9 March 2018

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... CDWA online (1995-) accessed 21 January 2011

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 26 July 2006