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Waste Bowl
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This tea and coffee service was designed for production by the Rokesley Shop, a collaborative group working at Louis Rorimer’s studio. Reacting against industrial mass production, Rorimer emphasized inventive design in finely crafted objects.
| Artist / Maker | Louis Rorimer |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 1910 |
| Culture / Origin | America, Ohio, Cleveland |
| Medium | silver, moonstones, ebony |
| Dimensions | Overall: 9.3 x 15.9 x 15.3 cm (3 11/16 x 6 1/4 x 6 in.) |
| Department | Decorative Art and Design |
| Type | Silver |
About the Artist
Louis Rorimer was born Louis Rohrheimer in Cleveland to a German immigrant family. In the mid-1880s he studied at Cleveland’s Manual Training School with sculptor Herman Matzen. Around the age of 16 Rorimer began taking classes at the Cleveland School of Art and later studied in Munich at the Kunstgewerbeschule, 1890–93, and in Paris at the École des Arts Décoratifs and the Académie Julian, 1893–95. He returned to Cleveland in 1895, opening a design studio for handmade furniture and interior… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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