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Salad Fork

Object Details

Description
A pair of place settings. The group of cutlery exemplify have raised geometric lines delineating the handles that terminate in the architect’s monogram, with the letters “JO” created from intersecting whiplash lines.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Joseph Maria Olbrich, Austrian, 1867 – 1908
Manufacturer
Clarfeld & Springmeyer, Germany, founded 1858
Date
1901
Credit Line
Gift of Andrew Van Styn from the estate of Don Magner
Medium
metal, silver
Dimensions
L x W x D (small fork a): 18.4 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm (7 1/4 × 3/4 × 3/4 in.)
L x W x D (small fork b): 18.4 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm (7 1/4 × 3/4 × 3/4 in.)
L x W x D (large fork a): 22.2 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm (8 3/4 in. × 1 in. × 3/4 in.)
L x W x D (large fork b): 22.2 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm (8 3/4 in. × 1 in. × 3/4 in.)
L x W x D (large knife a): 25.4 × 2.2 × 1 cm (10 in. × 7/8 in. × 3/8 in.)
L x W x D (large knife b): 25.4 × 2.2 × 1 cm (10 in. × 7/8 in. × 3/8 in.)
L x W x D (small knife a): 21.6 × 1.9 × 0.6 cm (8 1/2
Type
cutlery
Decorative Arts
Object Name
fork
Type
fork
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