Key facts

Product:
Electric Kettle, model no. 3591
Manufacturer:
Phillips
Architonic ID:
4104537
Country:
United States

Product description

From 1907 to 1914, Peter Behrens shaped the corporate identity of the German electrical giant, AEG, with a plethora of designs for lighting, kettles and clocks. The AEG campaign is considered to be the signature statement of the Deutscher Werkbund.

Silvered metal, wood finial, wicker handle bottom stamped with model numbers 87/8 in. (225 cm) high

Literature:
Industriekultur: Peter Behrens und die AEG 1907-1914, Berlin, 1990, cat. no. pp134-137 Torsten Bröhan and Thomas Berg, Avantegarde Design: 1880-1930, Cologne, 1994, p. 75