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Compote

Designer Carlo Scarpa Italian
1970
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Compote
  • Designer: Carlo Scarpa (Italian, Venice 1906–1978 Sendai, Japan)
  • Date: 1970
  • Medium: Sterling silver
  • Dimensions: 3 1/2 × 11 13/16 × 12 1/2 in., 2 lb. (8.9 × 30 × 31.8 cm, 0.9 kg)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Silver
  • Credit Line: Gift of Cleto Munari, Vicenza, Italy, 1988
  • Object Number: 1988.191.2
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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