Black interlocking cutlery set: teaspoon, tablespoon, fork, and knife. Each piece of cutlery has open handle into which holder slides, connecting all four utensils as nested stack.

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1981	Work on this object began.
1988	We acquired this object.
1991	Work on this object ended.
2004	We photographed this object.
2006	We exhibited this object.
2015	We photographed this object. We photographed this object.
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Cutlery And Holder (USA), ca. 1986

This is a Cutlery and holder. It was designed by George Schmidt and manufactured by George Schmidt, Inc. and distributed by IDG. It is dated ca. 1986 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is plastic (co-extruded crystal styrene and high-impact styrene). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by George Schmidt, Inc.. It is credited Gift of George Schmidt, Inc..

Dinner knife (a): flat strip of stainless steel with curved protrusion where blade merges into handle forming finger support; dinner fork, salad fork (b,c): each four-tined with slightly tapering, curved handle with rounded, square terminal, rectilinear handle, ovoid bowl; teaspoon, soupspoon (d,e): each with circular bowl and tapering stem with rounded, square terminal and rectilinear handle.

"American Modern" Place Setting, designed 1950, produced 1953
stainless steel.
Gift of Russel Wright.
1976-15-4-a/e

Red knife, teaspoon, tablespoon, fork and holder; each piece of cutlery has open handle into which holder slides, connecting all four utensils as nested stack.

"Colorings" Cutlery And Holder, ca. 1986
plastic (co-extruded crystal styrene and high-impact styrene).
Gift of George Schmidt, Inc..
1988-1-4-a/e

Its dimensions are

L x W x D (a): 18.5 x 4.3 x 1.2 cm (7 5/16 x 1 11/16 x 1/2 in.) L x W x D (b): 19 x 2.9 x 1.8 cm (7 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 11/16 in.) L x W x D (c): 19.2 x 1.8 x 0.7 cm (7 9/16 x 11/16 x 1/4 in.) L x W x D (d): 18.2 x 3.8 x 1.1 cm (7 3/16 x 1 1/2 x 7/16 in.) L x W x D (e): 6 x 3 x 1 cm (2 3/8 x 1 3/16 x 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

"copyright 1986"

Cite this object as

Cutlery And Holder (USA), ca. 1986; Designed by George Schmidt (American, b. 1940); plastic (co-extruded crystal styrene and high-impact styrene); L x W x D (a): 18.5 x 4.3 x 1.2 cm (7 5/16 x 1 11/16 x 1/2 in.) L x W x D (b): 19 x 2.9 x 1.8 cm (7 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 11/16 in.) L x W x D (c): 19.2 x 1.8 x 0.7 cm (7 9/16 x 11/16 x 1/4 in.) L x W x D (d): 18.2 x 3.8 x 1.1 cm (7 3/16 x 1 1/2 x 7/16 in.) L x W x D (e): 6 x 3 x 1 cm (2 3/8 x 1 3/16 x 3/8 in.); Gift of George Schmidt, Inc.; 1988-1-3-a/e

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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Accession Number 1988-1-3-a/e
Object ID 18623353