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Fork (Germany)
This is a fork. It is dated ca. 1730–50 and we acquired it in 1985. Its medium is glass beads, steel, thread. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
text from "Historical Overview" in Feeding Desire exhibition catalogue:
"Beadwork handles, which also featured naturalistic colors and floral decoration, were contemporaries to, but rarer than, porcelain handles. They were generally decorated with a combination of formalized floral and band decoration (fig. 69). Judging by the range in styles of floral decoration, the popularity of this technique seems to have been predominant during the first half of the eighteenth century. The technique of weaving - in this case, glass beads - in these patterns may account for their resemblance to textiles of the period."
This object was
donated by
Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
It is credited The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
Its dimensions are
L x W: 19.2 x 1.2 cm (7 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Cite this object as
Fork (Germany); glass beads, steel, thread; L x W: 19.2 x 1.2 cm (7 9/16 x 1/2 in.); The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg; 1985-103-58
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
