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Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 |
posted 05-26-1999 09:36 PM
  
For years museums wouldn't collect anything but colonial, Georgian, or the European equivalents. American museum pros were taught that the nineteenth century was an era of bad taste (largely caused by machinery). Some of us don't believe that any more. Some of us, in fact, don't believe there is such a thing as "good taste," except in the context of any given moment in style history. Any one care to given an opinion on this? IP: Logged |
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edensterling Posts: 40 |
posted 05-27-1999 08:57 AM
One man gathers what another man spills. IP: Logged |
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Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 |
posted 05-31-1999 09:20 AM
Challenge for Memorial Day: Can anyone think of ONE original design that came from an 18th-century American silversmith's shop? IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 05-31-1999 09:51 AM
Coffin handle flatware IP: Logged |
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Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 |
posted 06-01-1999 10:47 PM
Really? No English or continental precedent? IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 06-02-1999 01:31 AM
The coffin pattern is known in English flatware, but I believe the earliest examples date to c 1800. It does not appear to have been popular - Ian Pickford says it is a rare pattern, limited for the most part to teaspoons. American versions first appear in the early 1790s, possibly a bit earlier, and was something of a rage for 2 decades before giving way to the fiddleback. The pattern is found on tongs, skewers, and spoons of all sizes and sorts, from salts to punch ladles. I have also seen some later Dutch and Danish pieces with coffin-like handles, but it would be hard to say if they were intended as such or were just a random inspiration. I can't think of any other pattern or form that would answer your question. Did you have one in mind? IP: Logged |
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