Set of 6 Robert & Trix Haussman Postmodern Swid Powell Black Stripes Mugs
View Similar Items
Set of 6 Robert & Trix Haussman Postmodern Swid Powell Black Stripes Mugs
About the Item
- Creator:Trix and Robert Haussmann (Designer),Swid Powell (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 4 in (10.16 cm)Diameter: 3.75 in (9.53 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 6
- Style:Post-Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1980s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Condition shows the lightest of use with no chips, cracks, repairs, or other damage.
- Seller Location:Denver, CO
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1279213136421
Swid Powell
The New York City–based tableware company Swid Powell produced some of the most distinctive china and silver of the 1980s in collaboration with international architects and designers. It enjoyed renewed attention in 2007, when the Yale University Art Gallery mounted the exhibition “The Architect’s Table: Swid Powell and Postmodern Design,” celebrating the donation to its collection of the company’s papers.
Swid Powell was established in 1982 by Nan Swid and Addie Powell, who met while working at the modernist furniture company Knoll. Their idea was to translate the aesthetics of postmodern design from the skyscraper to the dining table, and they brought into their preliminary discussions nine prominent architects. Among these were Philip Johnson, Stanley Tigerman and Richard Meier, all of whom expressed enthusiasm about making their designs accessible beyond the small group with the funds to commission buildings from them.
The first Swid Powell collection was launched in 1984, accompanied by a bold, graphic print campaign in keeping with the era’s advertising trends. The company’s best-known collaboration was with Robert Venturi’s Philadelphia-based firm, Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, whose patterns — particularly the floral design Grandmother inspired by a tablecloth Venturi saw at the home of a colleague's grandmother — adorned Swid Powell porcelain as well as furniture and clothing.
The firm also partnered with architect Richard Meier, whose geometric designs were inspired in part by those of Josef Hoffmann and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Swid Powell also worked with Arata Isosaki, Ettore Sottsass, Zaha Hadid and George Sowden, creating products that incorporated the bright, saturated colors and popular and historical references, like Classical columns, that animated postmodern design in the 1980s. The Chicago Blue china pattern designed for Swid Powell by the firm Gwathmey Siegel references the distinctive patterns of Frank Lloyd Wright’s leaded glass windows. As you will see in the examples below, Swid Powell continued to produce fine, fashionable homewares throughout the decade and beyond.
- Robert Venturi Swid Powell Postmodern Serving Spoons Neoclassical Column, SetBy Reed & Barton, Robert Venturi, Swid PowellLocated in New York, NYA beautiful, chic, substantial, and iconic set of designer Postmodern sterling silver-plate serving, salad or platter spoons with Neoclassical pillar column handle design, designed by architect Robert Venturi for Swid Powell, circa 1990s. Each measure: 14.25" long. Pieces were manufactured by Reed & Barton for Swid Powell. All piece's bare designer and makers' mark's on back of spoon(s) as shown in close-up images #9 and 10. A great set for summer, holiday, home entertaining...Category
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Serving Pieces
MaterialsSilver Plate
$925 Sale Price / set50% Off - Set of 21 Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman's 'Tuxedo' for Swid Powell Various PorcelainBy Gwathmey Siegel & Assoc, Swid PowellLocated in Southampton, NYSet of 21 Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman's design 'Tuxedo' for Swid Powell - Various Porcelain pieces 3 Salad plates 7.75" diameter 3 Dinn...Category
20th Century American Porcelain
MaterialsPorcelain
- Swid Powell Robert Mapplethorpe "Flower" 1986 Floral Black & White PlateBy Robert MapplethorpeLocated in Toledo, OHBlack and white porcelain collectors plate Swid Powell Robert Mapplethorpe "Flower" 1986. White circular plate with sloping sides. Photographic image of a calla lily. 12" in diameter.Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Porcelain
MaterialsPorcelain
- Cup & Saucer Designed by Michael Graves for Swid Powell Cityline CorinthBy Swid Powell, Michael Graves (b.1934)Located in San Diego, CABeautiful set of single coffee cup and saucer designed by Michael Graves for Swid Powell, very rare set designed in 1987 in porcelain finish. The saucer is 6" in diameter.Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Porcelain
MaterialsPorcelain
- Michael Graves for Swid Powell Postmodern Serving Spoon Set Silver Plate, 1990sBy Reed & Barton, Swid Powell, Michael Graves (b.1934)Located in New York, NYA Postmodern set of sterling silver plate salad serving spoons by Architect and Designer Michael Graves for Swid Powell Co., 1990. Each spoon bears the following on back as shown in ...Category
1990s American Post-Modern Serving Pieces
MaterialsSilver Plate
$1,295 Sale Price / set30% Off - Robert. Lee Morris for Swid Powell Set of 8 “CAMELOT” White & Gold BowlsBy Swid Powell, Robert Lee MorrisLocated in Palm Springs, CAThis set of dinnerware bowls were designed by the legendary jewelry and fine art designer, Robert Lee Morris for Swid Powell. The pattern name is called Camelot and is a chic, modern...Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Serving Bowls
MaterialsCeramic