Prototype fork, knife and spoon

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Object Details

Designer

Severin Jonassen, American, 1913-1998

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Fork: the aluminum four tines with tapered rectangular wood stem, the widest point at the connection to the aluminum.

Spoon:the diagonally cut knife blade with tapered rectangular wood stem, the widest point at the connection to the aluminum.

Knife:the diagonally cut knife blade with tapered rectangular wood stem, the widest point at the connection to the aluminum.

Credit Line

Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund

Date

1933–1935

Accession Number

2012-1-5/7

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

models and prototypes

Decorative Arts

Prototype fork, knife and spoon

Medium

Aluminum, wood

Dimensions

L x W x D (fork): 19.1 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm (7 1/2 in. x 1 in. x 1/2 in.)

L x W x H (knife): 23.5 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm (9 1/4 in. x 1 in. x 5/8 in.)

L x W x H (spoon): 15.9 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm (6 1/4 x 1 3/8 x 3/4 in.)

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq435a97352-05de-4834-b382-dffc19079e48

Record ID

chndm_2012-1-5_7