"20th Century Limited" Flatware

Designer Henry Dreyfuss American

Designer International Silver Company, Meriden, Connecticut American

1938

Not on view

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Title: "20th Century Limited" Flatware
Designer: Henry Dreyfuss (American, New York 1904–1972 South Pasedena, California)
Designer: International Silver Company, Meriden, Connecticut (American, Meriden, Connecticut, 1898–present)
Date: 1938
Medium: Silverplate, steel
Dimensions: see dimensions for invidual object records
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Gift of Alan Moss and Robert D. Walsh, 2000
Object Number: 2000.530.1-8
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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