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Margaret De Patta
Knife for 'Flatware'circa 1936

Not on view
Table knife with a flat, gilt rectangular handle and a smooth, rounded ivory-white blade, displayed diagonally against a gray background
Artist or Maker
Margaret De Patta
United States, California, San Francisco and Napa, 1903-1964
Title
Knife for 'Flatware'
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1936
Medium
Silver, copper, stainless steel
Dimensions
9 3/8 × 7/8 × 1/2 in. (23.81 × 2.22 × 1.27 cm)
Credit Line
Decorative Arts Deaccession Fund
Accession Number
M.2007.20.2
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.