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Peter Behrens
Cutlery set, designed for the Wertheim Department Store, Berlin1902

Not on view
Four-piece silver flatware set arranged vertically — knife, fork, small gilt-bowled spoon, and larger spoon — all with matching geometric handles featuring grid patterns and concentric square motifs
Silver dinner knife with a smooth blade and rectangular handle decorated with rows of engraved square and oval geometric patterns, terminating in a concentric square motif at the base.
Silver fork with four tines and a tapered handle decorated with incised geometric patterns, including a grid of rectangular cutouts and a square motif near the base.
Silver spoon with gilt bowl, featuring a tapering handle decorated with incised geometric grid and square patterns filled with dark enamel or niello.
Silver spoon with oval bowl and flat tapered handle, decorated with incised geometric patterns including a grid of rounded rectangles and concentric squares near the terminal.

Peter Behrens, Cutlery set, designed for the Wertheim Department Store, Berlin, 1902, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Max Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designed by
Peter Behrens
Title
Cutlery set, designed for the Wertheim Department Store, Berlin
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1902
Medium
Silver, stainless steel, gilded silver
Dimensions
a) Dessert knife: 8 1/8 x 3/4 in. (20.64 x 1.91 cm); b) Dessert fork: 7 x 3/4 in. (17.78 x 1.91 cm); c) Teaspoon: 5 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. (14.61 x 2.86 cm); d) Mocha spoon: 4 1/2 x 7/8 in. (11.43 x 2.22 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Max Palevsky
Accession Number
M.2003.16.1a-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.