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Peter Behrens
Cutlery set designed for the dining room of Peter Behrens' house at the Darmstadt Artists' Colony, Germany1900-1901

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Responses to Industrialization
Six-piece silver flatware set arranged on a gray background, each piece with a flat tapered handle incised with interlocking oval geometric patterns in an Art Nouveau style
Silver table knife with a smooth, rounded blade and a flat rectangular handle decorated with incised Art Nouveau linear patterns featuring elongated oval and tapered forms.
Silver fork with three tines, featuring an Art Nouveau handle decorated with relief-carved organic interlacing forms and a central oval motif.
Silver spoon with polished oval bowl and flat fiddle-shaped handle decorated with engraved Art Nouveau interlaced oval and geometric motifs.
Silver fork with three gilt tines, featuring an elongated handle decorated with incised Art Nouveau interlacing oval and curved line patterns on a rectangular terminal.
Made by
Peter Behrens
Germany, 1868-1940
Made by
Rückert, M.J.
Germany, Mainz
Title
Cutlery set designed for the dining room of Peter Behrens' house at the Darmstadt Artists' Colony, Germany
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1900-1901
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
a) Dinner knife length: 9 7/8 in. (25.08 cm); b) Dinner fork length: 8 5/8 in. (21.91 cm); c) Dinner spoon length: 8 1/2 in. (21.59 cm); d) Mocca spoon length: 5 5/8 in. (14.29 cm); e) Coffee spoon length: 4 1/2 in. (11.43 cm); f) Dessert fork length: 5 7/8 in. (14.92 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Max Palevsky
Accession Number
M.2002.108.3a-f
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.