Description & Technical information
SIX TABLE KNIFES
from the “RUNDES MODELL” (round model) cutlery design series
Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, 1906
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte from 1906 to 1913, model no. S 795
Marked: Austrian hallmark - small head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), PP (for Paul Poiret)
L 18 cm
This knife was first presented in the 1906 Wiener Werkstätte exhibition "Der gedeckte Tisch"(the laid table) as part of a cutlery set on the wedding banquet table. It was available in silver-plated alpaca and in solid silver. The list of buyers of this cutlery set features such names as Sonja Knips and Titus.
Date: 1906
Period: 1906
Origin: Austrian
Medium: Alpacca, silver
Signature:
Marked: Austrian hallmark - small head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), PP (for Paul Poiret)
Dimensions: 18 cm (7¹/₈ inches)
Provenance: private property, USA
Literature:
W. Neuwirth, Josef Hoffmann. Bestecke für die Wiener Werkstätte. Exhibition catalogue. Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, 1982, p. 78, 86 (designs: work no. M 847, M 852) and p. 25, illus. 11; MAK inv. no. WWF 130-2-1; MAK inv. no.WWF 130-1-1
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