Four-piece Cutlery Set for the Dining Room of Peter Behrens' House, Darmstadt Artists' Colony

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Four-piece Cutlery Set for the Dining Room of Peter Behrens' House, Darmstadt Artists' Colony

Germany, 1901
Furnishings; Serviceware
Silver and steel
Knife: 8 1/8 x 5/8 in. (20.6 x 1.6 cm); Fork: 7 1/4 x 3/4 in. (18.4 x 1.9 cm); Dessert knife: 6 3/4 x 5/8 in. (17.2 x 1.6 cm); Dessert fork: 6 5/8 x 5/8 in. (16.8 x 1.6 cm)
Gift of Max Palevsky (M.2001.191.2a-d)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Bradbury, Dominic. Essential Modernism: Design Between the World Wars. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018.