The image shows a large, vintage coffee grinder with a wooden base and a metal bowl on top, along with a metal crank handle. The color palette consists of warm browns from the wood and muted metallic tones from the grinder bowl and handle. Positioned centrally, the base of the grinder is square with a protruding drawer, and the metal bowl sits atop this base with the handle extending to the right. The background is plain and off-white.
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Coffee Mill

Archie Thompson (American, 1886-1975)

c. 1941

Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard
Classification
Index of American Design
Dimensions
overall: 46.1 x 36 cm (18 1/8 x 14 3/16 in.) ; Original IAD Object: 8" high; 6" deep; handle: 7" long; base: 9" wide
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Index of American Design
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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