Chemex Coffee Maker
1941
Designer
- Peter Schlumbohm, American, 1896-1962
- Born: Germany
Manufacturer
- Chemex Corporation
- Work Locations: New York, NY
- Active Dates: Established 1939
Country
United States
Object
coffee maker
Medium
Pyrex glass, wood, and leather
Accession Number
1970.118
Credit Line
Bequest of Myron B. Hochstetler
Peter Schlumbohm, Chemex Coffee Maker, 1941. Pyrex glass, wood, and leather; 9 1/2 x 6 x 6 in. Manufactured by Chemex Corporation, New York. Denver Art Museum: Bequest of Myron B. Hochstetler, 1970.118.
Dimensions
height: 9.5 in, 24.1300 cm; diameter: 6 in, 15.2400 cm
Inscription
Chemex, U.S.Patent 2.411.340, made in U.S.A.
Department
Architecture and Design
Collection
Architecture and Design
Peter Schlumbohm, a chemist-inventor, applied scientific solutions to the problems of making coffee. The Chemex Coffee Maker replicates a process of filtration adapted in the laboratory. This was the first of a line of “products for the Chemist’s Kitchen” that Schlumbohm developed over the next two decades.
Known Provenance
Bequeathed 1970 by Myron B. Hochstetler to the Denver Art Museum.
Exhibition History
- "What Is Modern?" — Denver Art Museum, 10/30/2010 - 3/24/2013
