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Dessert Fork (France), ca. 1890
This is a Dessert fork. It is dated ca. 1890 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Designed not just for opulent display but also as a functional element in a final dinner course, this dessert service is an example of the expansive, highly specialized sets of cutlery that were considered ceremonially and functionally necessary for the elegant dinner table in late-19th-century Europe and America. This extravagant display of wealth in silverware exhibits the overindulgence attributed to gluttony.
This object was
fund:
Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds.
- Dessert Spoon (France), ca. 1890
- silver.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program,....
- 1996-56-13
- Monkey Figure, 1930–40
- porcelain, enamel.
- The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase....
- 1989-41-131
- Seated Monkey Matchsafe, late 19th century
- patinated brass, glass.
- Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
- 1980-14-876
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 19.1 x 2.2 x 2 cm (7 1/2 x 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Cite this object as
Dessert Fork (France), ca. 1890; silver; L x W x D: 19.1 x 2.2 x 2 cm (7 1/2 x 7/8 x 13/16 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds; 1996-56-22
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.