Tongs (c. 1910): Art, History and Details

Tongs (c. 1910) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Louis Rorimer (American, 1872–1939); Rokesley Shop (American).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Tongs
• Date: c. 1910
• Creator attribution: Louis Rorimer (American, 1872–1939); Rokesley Shop (American)
• Culture: America, Ohio, Cleveland
• Type: Silver
• Technique: silver, moonstones, ebony
• Dimensions: Overall: 14.5 x 1.9 x 4.5 cm (5 11/16 x 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1991.314.6

Collection credit

Gift in memory of Louis Rorimer from his daughter, Louise Rorimer Dushkin and his granddaughter, Edie Soeiro

Further reading listed by the museum

• Johnston, Phillip M. Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994.

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.