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"Tjorn" Flatware

Designer Jens Quistgaard Danish
post WWII
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: "Tjorn" Flatware
  • Designer: Jens Quistgaard (Danish, Copenhagen 1919–2008 Vordingborg)
  • Manufacturer: Dansk International Designs Ltd.
  • Date: post WWII
  • Medium: Sterling silver
  • Dimensions: 1988.193.7a (salad fork): 6 7/8 × 1 × 1/4 in., 0.1 lb. (17.5 × 2.5 × 0.6 cm, 36.288g)
    1988.193.7b (dinner fork): 7 5/8 × 1 × 1/4 in., 0.1 lb. (19.4 × 2.5 × 0.6 cm, 36.288g)
    1988.193.7c (serving fork): 7 1/2 × 1 × 1/4 in., 0.1 lb. (19.1 × 2.5 × 0.6 cm, 36.288g)
    1988.193.7d (dinner knife): 8 1/2 × 7/8 × 3/8 in., 0.1 lb. (21.6 × 2.2 × 1 cm, 63.504g)
    1988.193.7e (butter knife): 6 1/2 × 3/4 × 3/8 in., 0.1 lb. (16.5 × 1.9 × 1 cm, 36.288g)
    1988.193.7f (soup spoon): 7 1/2 × 3/4 × 1/4 in., 0.1 lb. (19.1 × 1.9 × 0.6 cm, 36.288g)
    1988.193.7g (tea spoon): 6 × 1 1/4 × 1/4 in., 0.1 lb. (15.2 × 3.2 × 0.6 cm, 27.216g)
    1988.193.7h (serving spoon): 5 1/2 × 3/4 × 1/8 in., 0.1 lb. (14 × 1.9 × 0.3 cm, 27.216g)
    1988.193.7i (cocktail fork): 4 1/4 × 3/8 × 3/8 in. (10.8 × 1 × 1 cm, 9.072g)
    1988.193.7j (cocktail fork): 4 1/4 × 3/8 × 3/8 in. (10.8 × 1 × 1 cm, 9.072g)
    1988.193.7k (cocktail fork): 4 1/4 × 3/8 × 3/8 in. (10.8 × 1 × 1 cm, 9.072g)
    1988.193.7l (cocktail fork): 4 1/4 × 3/8 × 3/8 in. (10.8 × 1 × 1 cm, 9.072g)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Silver
  • Credit Line: Gift of Dansk International Designs Ltd., 1988
  • Object Number: 1988.193.7a-l
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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