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Peter Behrens
Four-piece Cutlery Set for the Dining Room of Peter Behrens' House, Darmstadt Artists' Colony1901

Not on view
Four-piece silver flatware set with Art Nouveau geometric handles, including two knives and two forks of different sizes, arranged against a gray background
Designed by
Peter Behrens
Germany, 1868-1940
Manufacturer
M. J. Rückert
Germany, Mainz
Title
Four-piece Cutlery Set for the Dining Room of Peter Behrens' House, Darmstadt Artists' Colony
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1901
Medium
Silver and steel
Dimensions
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)
Credit Line
Gift of Max Palevsky
Accession Number
M.2001.191.2a-d
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Bradbury, Dominic. Essential Modernism: Design Between the World Wars. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018.