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This and 3 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Tools (Zeug) Flatware.

Object Timeline

1994

  • Work on this object began.

1997

  • Work on this object ended.

1998

  • We acquired this object.

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2025

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Tools (Zeug) Knife, designed 1994; produced ca. 1997

This is a knife. It was designed by Michael Schneider and manufactured by Mono-Metallwarenfabrik Seibel GmbH. It is dated designed 1994; produced ca. 1997 and we acquired it in 1998. Its medium is stainless steel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Walter R. Scholz Memorial Fund.

Its dimensions are

L x W x D: 22 x 4 x 2 cm (8 11/16 x 1 9/16 x 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

On blade: "mono / TOOLS / INOX GERMANY"

Cite this object as

Tools (Zeug) Knife, designed 1994; produced ca. 1997; Designed by Michael Schneider (German, b. 1962); Manufactured by Mono-Metallwarenfabrik Seibel GmbH (Germany); Germany; stainless steel; L x W x D: 22 x 4 x 2 cm (8 11/16 x 1 9/16 x 13/16 in.); Museum purchase from Walter R. Scholz Memorial Fund; 1998-12-2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.

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