Russel Wright Residential Melamine Dinnerware

"Residential" melamine dinnerware is Russel Wright's first Melmac line plastic dinnerware for home use began to produced in 1953 by Northern Plastic Company of Boston. Home Decorators, Inc. of Newark, NY, continued production of "Residential" following the long lasting popularity of the melamine dinnerware. Russel Wright's Residential fabricated using high quality melamine material that is heat resistant, dishwasher safe and shatterproof.

Since the initial launch, Residential be one of the most popular melamine dinnerware in the United States, with gross sales of more than $ 4 million in 1957. In terms of aesthetic achievement, Russel Wright's design touches make it into an iconic masterpiece that was awarded the Museum of Modern Art Good Design Award in 1953.

Coffee Urn by Russel Wright

Most popular with his dinnerware designs - which came from the belief that the table was the center of the home, Russel Wright also produced a number of other designs (textiles, furniture, and spun aluminum dining accessories) that became iconic. One of which is the coffee urn. Made from spun aluminum and walnut in ca. 1935, Russel Wright' coffee urn has a spheric design that is reminiscent of the futuristic tools in the science fiction films of the era.

Armchair "Statton" by Russel Wright

Designed by Russel Wright (1904 – 1976) in 1950 and manufactured in 1951 by Statton Furniture Company at Hagarstown, Maryland, United States. The armchair "Statton" was one of Wright's popular furniture design, along with line of Art Deco American Modern "blonde" wooden furniture produced by the Conant-Ball company. The item is a collection of Brooklyn Museum, and on view in the museum' Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor.