Compote

Designer Carlo Scarpa Italian

1970

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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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