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Title:
Spoon
Object name(s):
Spoon
Brief description:
Dessert spoon, the bowl, circular slighly dished, the handle, a plain rod.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Metalwork
Associated concept:
Silver
Associated concept:
Tableware & cutlery
Associated object:
LOAN:MAKOWER.8
Associated object:
LOAN:MAKOWER.9
Associated object:
LOAN:MAKOWER.11
Credit line:
Lent by The Penelope and Oliver Makower 1974 Charitable Trust
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AT8135/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Length
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
22.8
Material:
silver
Material:
stainless steel
Object history note:
Shimmer Exhibition RF.2005/756
Object name:
Spoon
Object number:
LOAN:MAKOWER.10
Object production date:
1993
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1993-01-01
Date - latest:
1993-12-31
Object production person:
Fabian, Andreas
Person's association:
designer and maker
Object production place:
Bremen
Place association:
made
Object status:
Unique
Physical description:
Dessert spoon, the bowl, circular slighly dished, the handle, a plain rod.
Reproduction number:
2006AT8135
Responsible department/section:
MET
Style:
Modernist
Technique:
forging
Technique:
Silver, forged and polished
Text reason:
Collections online record
Text:
In this cutlery set Andreas Fabian set out to express the essential purpose of cutlery by combining philosophy, use, and aesthetics. To achieve this he made many prototypes, continuously revising the design until he felt happy with the proportions, weight, and functionality of the set. He has continued to develop this approach throughout his career and in 2011 completed his PhD on ‘Spoons and Spoonness’ at Brunel University.
Text reason:
Summary description
Text:
Cutlery Set Silver and stainless steel Andreas Fabian Bremen, Germany, 1993 Museum no. LOAN:MAKOWER.8-11 Lent by The Penelope and Oliver Makower 1974 Charitable Trust In this cutlery set Andreas Fabian set out to express the essential purpose of cutlery by combining philosophy, use, and aesthetics. To achieve this he made many prototypes, continuously revising the design until he felt happy with the proportions, weight, and functionality of the set. He has continued to develop this approach throughout his career and in 2011 completed his PhD on ‘Spoons and Spoonness’ at Brunel University.
Text date:
14.12.2023
Text reason:
Gallery label text

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/98c14920-fb17-3b85-95b1-bc2a1f8d30e6

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/98c14920-fb17-3b85-95b1-bc2a1f8d30e6, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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