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Phagocyte Flatware Service, designed 1991
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CLAUDE LALANNE (1925-2019)
Phagocyte Flatware Service, designed 1991
gilt silver
comprising 162 pieces:
twelve dinner knives, with four additional dinner knives
twelve dinner forks
twelve dinner spoons
twelve lunch knives
twelve lunch forks
twelve lunch spoons, with five additional lunch spoons
twelve fish knives
twelve fish forks
twelve fish spoons, with two additional fish spoons
twelve snail spoons
twelve coffee spoons
ten dessert spoons
four serving spoons
four forks
one ladle
largest: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm) (long)
some pieces monogrammed CL, stamped C. LALANNE and with manufacturer's mark ARTCURIAL
Phagocyte Flatware Service, designed 1991
gilt silver
comprising 162 pieces:
twelve dinner knives, with four additional dinner knives
twelve dinner forks
twelve dinner spoons
twelve lunch knives
twelve lunch forks
twelve lunch spoons, with five additional lunch spoons
twelve fish knives
twelve fish forks
twelve fish spoons, with two additional fish spoons
twelve snail spoons
twelve coffee spoons
ten dessert spoons
four serving spoons
four forks
one ladle
largest: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm) (long)
some pieces monogrammed CL, stamped C. LALANNE and with manufacturer's mark ARTCURIAL
Literature
Les Lalanne: Les Silhouettes et Les Phagocytes, Cahiers d’Artcurial, no. 1, Paris, 1991, n.p.
D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 165
P. Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Art, Work, Life, New York, 2012, n.p.
A. Dannatt, ed., Les Lalanne: Fifty Years of Work 1964-2015, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2015, pp. 62-63, 124
D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 165
P. Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Art, Work, Life, New York, 2012, n.p.
A. Dannatt, ed., Les Lalanne: Fifty Years of Work 1964-2015, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2015, pp. 62-63, 124
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