Flatware
Arne Jacobsen
Danish, 1902–1971
1957
A set of stainless-steel flatware by Arne Jacobsen from 1957, made to apply modernist clarity and ergonomic restraint to everyday eating implements.
What strikes you is the disciplined uniformity—long, tapered handles and softly pared heads rendered in brushed stainless that catch light like quiet, functional sculpture.
This work exemplifies midcentury Scandinavian design’s aim to combine mass production with refined, democratic form, showing how mundane objects could be elevated through rigorous, sculptural simplicity.
Medium
Stainless steel
Dimensions
.1 (fork): 7 3/4 x 3/4" (19.7 x 1.9 cm)
.2 (knife): 7 3/4 x 5/8" (19.7 x 1.6 cm)
.3 (spoon): 6 1/8 x 3/4" (15.6 x 1.9 cm)
.4 (soupspoon): 7 1/4 x 1 1/8" (18.4 x 2.9 cm)
.5 (salad fork): 7 1/4 x 5/8" (18.4 x 1.6 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the manufacturer
Accession
121.1992.1-5
Palette
Exhibitions
