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  • Textile (Albania), late 19th–early 20th century

    Horizontal bands of varying widths in heavy white cotton wefts alternating with bands of a much finer open weave with yellow silk wefts. Warp is fine white cotton threads. Three…

  • Textile (Albania), late 19th–early 20th century

    Two lengths of sheer cotton seamed down longest edge. Spaced bands of lozenges and triangles inlaid with heavier cotton thread. Deep borders edged with openwork bands at either end. Twisted…

  • Panel (Albania), 1915

    Panel comprised of several lengths with a sheer ground divided by wide, opaque warp stripes into three panels with white continuous geometric pattern in each with touches of red and…

  • Dinner Knife (USA), 1978

    Serpentine outline, hollow stylized pistol-grip handle with two slots for the fork and spoon. Vertical division between the slots flaring to form an asymmetrical upcurved bulbous demi-lune shaped blade.

  • Elsinore Dinner Knife, 1980

    Integral handle and blade with tapering rounded tip. Waisted neck flaring into rectangular cushion-form handle with slightly tapering, upturned blunt terminal.

  • Signature Collection: Picnic Flatware Dinner Knife, 1986

    Flat rectangular aluminum handle with brushed surface, adonized green. Rectangular blade adonized purple with rounded outer point and bevelled cutting edge. Blade affixed to handle side with three silver rivets.

  • Classique Dinner Knife, ca. 1968–69

    Integral. Handle with rounded end, tapering towards the blade; node connecting blade in half-moon.

  • Torun Dinner Knife, ca. 1985

    Integral. “S” curved in profile; curved and tapered blade of stainless steel with curved cutting edge. Angled shoulder joint with handle. Handle tapered from cylindrical neck, swelling to rounded end,…

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