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- Inland Empress Carafe and Warmer, 1954-1956 -
- 1954-1956
- Collections - Artifact
Inland Empress Carafe and Warmer, 1954-1956
- Cloumn Bedside Water Carafe Prototype, 2000 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- 2000
- Collections - Artifact
Cloumn Bedside Water Carafe Prototype, 2000
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- Mr. Coffee Electric Coffee Maker, circa 1975 - Mr. Coffee, introduced in 1972, was the first automatic electric-drip coffeemaker made for home use. Mr. Coffee was stylishly modern, easy to operate and clean—and made consistently good coffee. By the end of the 1970s, Mr. Coffee had created a coffee-brewing revolution, as automatic electric-drip coffeemakers replaced percolators on kitchen counters all over America.
- circa 1975
- Collections - Artifact
Mr. Coffee Electric Coffee Maker, circa 1975
Mr. Coffee, introduced in 1972, was the first automatic electric-drip coffeemaker made for home use. Mr. Coffee was stylishly modern, easy to operate and clean—and made consistently good coffee. By the end of the 1970s, Mr. Coffee had created a coffee-brewing revolution, as automatic electric-drip coffeemakers replaced percolators on kitchen counters all over America.
- Carafe with Warming Stand Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama - In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- 1958-1965
- Collections - Artifact
Carafe with Warming Stand Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- Pyrex 12 Cup Carafe with Candle Warmer, 1958-1963 -
- 1958-1963
- Collections - Artifact
Pyrex 12 Cup Carafe with Candle Warmer, 1958-1963
- Carafe, 1958 -
- 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Carafe, 1958
- Bedside Water Carafe Prototype, 1999 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- 1999
- Collections - Artifact
Bedside Water Carafe Prototype, 1999
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- Carafe, 1885-1900 - Nineteenth-century American glassmakers experimented with new methods to create products for a growing consumer market. In the 1820s, pressing glass into metal molds by machine was perfected, and by the mid-1800s, manufacturers were creating a variety of inexpensive pressed glass housewares. America's middle-class consumers could now decorate their homes with attractive glass bowls, creamers, dishes, plates, vases, and other tableware.
- 1885-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Carafe, 1885-1900
Nineteenth-century American glassmakers experimented with new methods to create products for a growing consumer market. In the 1820s, pressing glass into metal molds by machine was perfected, and by the mid-1800s, manufacturers were creating a variety of inexpensive pressed glass housewares. America's middle-class consumers could now decorate their homes with attractive glass bowls, creamers, dishes, plates, vases, and other tableware.