Manhole Cover Coasters: Chicago Windy City
Manhole Cover Coasters: Chicago Windy City
Four from the Windy City: Chicago Sewer, Subway, Lincoln Park, Richards & Kelly. Chicago Sewer is ubiquitous and does a nice job of reflecting the city grid. The Subway cover includes an old logo of the CTA and can be found near the El. The cover by Richards & Kelly is very old and has intricate detail. The center has a reference to a local baseball club. Finally, the Lincoln Park cove is what it is. Love the handset/offset ‘EC’ in the star. Enjoy with a thick-crusted pizza.
Make a stand by adding a display stand
Tombino replicates manhole covers from around the world into functional art in the form of coasters, trivets and magnets. Each illustration is initially hand-drawn for precision and then permanently etched into cork. These make the perfect birthday or holiday gift. Each coaster is .25" thick and 4" in diameter. The engraving method has incredible detail and tactility. Fabricated from sustainable Portuguese cork. Designed and packaged in Philadelphia, PA USA.
Cork is a natural material, thus rare aberrations within the etching can occur, but at this scale good luck noticing.
As each one is made to order please allow three business days for delivery.
“We all have three cities: the one in which we grew up, the one where we live and the one in which we wished we live."-Alan Furst
A custom display rack can be ordered too. See the individual trivets and magnets as well.
