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Gio Ponti

Ménagère Diamond

Auction Closed

November 21, 05:45 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Gio Ponti


Diamond flatware service, for twelve people


Designed in 1954-1958

Silver

Reed & Barton edition 

Comprising eighty-two pieces: twelve dinner forks, twelve dinner knives, twelve dinner spoons, twelve starter forks, twelve small knives, twelve dessert spoons, six serving knives, two serving spoons, two butter knives (stainless steel knife blades)


Each piece with the mark of REED & BARTON/STERLING

Gross weight : 4245 g


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Gio Ponti


Ménagère Diamond, pour douze personnes


Le modèle créé en 1954-1958

Argent

Comprenant quatre-vingt deux pièces: douze fourchettes de table, douze couteaux de table, douze cuillères de table, douze fourchettes à entrée, douze petits couteaux, douze cuillères à dessert, six couteaux de service, deux cuillères de service, deux couteaux à beurre (lames des couteaux en acier inoxydable)


Chaque pièce marquée REED & BARTON/STERLING

Poids brut : 4245 g

Philippe Denys collection, Brussels

Thence by descent to the present owner

Private collection, Brussels


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Collection Philippe Denys, Bruxelles

Puis par descendance à l'actuel propriétaire

Collection privée, Bruxelles

"Nice Weather for Parties," Vogue, April 15, 1958, pp. 118-119

Jewel Stern, Modernism in American Silver: 20th Century Design, exhibition catalogue, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2005, p. 245 for a drawing and an advertisement

William P. Hood and Jewel Stern, "The Diamond Pattern by Reed & Barton," Silver Magazine, May-June 2007, p. 14-18 and 20-22


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"Nice Weather for Parties," Vogue, avril 15, 1958, p. 118-119

Jewel Stern, Modernism in American Silver: 20th Century Design, catalogue d'exposition, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2005, p. 245 pour un dessin et une publicité

William P. Hood and Jewel Stern, "The Diamond Pattern by Reed & Barton," Silver Magazine, mai-juin 2007, p. 14-18 et 20-22