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'SVEN' FLATWARE SERVICE, DESIGNED IN 1974
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CLAUDE LALANNE (1925-2019)
'SVEN' FLATWARE SERVICE, DESIGNED IN 1974
Gilt silver
Comprising 142 pieces:
two serving utensils
sixteen dinner knives
sixteen dinner forks
sixteen soup spoons
fifteen fish knives
fifteen fish forks
thirty dessert knives
seventeen dessert forks
fifteen dessert spoons
Largest: 11 5⁄8 in. (29.5 cm.) high
Approximate gross weight: 388 oz. (11.50 kg.)
Some pieces numbered from '1⁄2/12' to '8⁄6/12', some with French assay mark, some with assay mark and some with French maker's mark
executed circa 2000
'SVEN' FLATWARE SERVICE, DESIGNED IN 1974
Gilt silver
Comprising 142 pieces:
two serving utensils
sixteen dinner knives
sixteen dinner forks
sixteen soup spoons
fifteen fish knives
fifteen fish forks
thirty dessert knives
seventeen dessert forks
fifteen dessert spoons
Largest: 11 5⁄8 in. (29.5 cm.) high
Approximate gross weight: 388 oz. (11.50 kg.)
Some pieces numbered from '1⁄2/12' to '8⁄6/12', some with French assay mark, some with assay mark and some with French maker's mark
executed circa 2000
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Centre national d’art contemporain, Paris, 5 June-13 July 1975, pp. 46-47.
R. Rosenblum, Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Château de Chenonceau, 7 June-3 November, 1991, p. 88.
R. Rosenblum, Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Château de Chenonceau, 7 June-3 November, 1991, p. 88.
Sale room notice
Please note this service was designed in 1974, and executed circa 2000, not as stated in the printed catalog.