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On display at V&A South Kensington
Silver, Room 67, The Whiteley Galleries

This object consists of 11 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

New York

Cutlery Set
1963 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Georg Jensen Silversmiths Ltd (manufacturer)
Henning Koppel (designer)
Place of origin
Copenhagen (designed and made)

Georg Jensen decided to introduce a range of simple, stainless steel cutlery in response to the rocketing price of silver in the early 1960s. This elegant service was first used in the restaurant of the Danish Pavilion at the 1963 New York World's Fair and hence the name New York given to this cutlery. It was at first only sold at the Danish pavilion's boutique until the autumn when it was released in Georg Jensen shops around the world. An immediate success, it is still in production.


Object details

Categories
Eating
Metalwork
Product Design
Tableware & Cutlery
Object type
cutlery set
Parts
This object consists of 11 parts.

  • Cutlery Service
  • Knife (Culinary Tool)
  • Knife (Culinary Tool)
  • Fork
  • Fork
  • Fork
  • Spoon
  • Spoon
  • Spoon
  • Serving Spoon
  • Serving Spoon
TitleNew York (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Stainless steel, forged.
Stainless Steel
Forging
Polishing
Brief description
Cutlery service, set of 11 items (3 knives, 3 forks, 3 spoons and 2 serving spoons), stainless steel, Denmark, Copenhagen, made by Georg Jensen, designed by Henning Koppel, 1963.
Physical description
Set of stainless steel cutlery. The knives of rectangular steel handles with a slightly curved, rectangular section. They have curved, almost triangular blades. The forks and spoons have flat, slightly tapering rectangular handles. The forks have shallow bowls with four tines about half their length.
Dimensions
  • Dinner knife length: 21.3cm
  • Dinner knife width: 2.5cm
  • Luncheon knife length: 19.6cm
  • Luncheon knife width: 2.2cm
  • Butter knife length: 17.2cm
  • Butter knife width: 2.5cm
  • Pastry fork length: 15.4cm
  • Pastry fork width: 2.3cm
  • Dinner fork length: 19.2cm
  • Dinner fork width: 2.7cm
  • Luncheon fork length: 17.2cm
  • Luncheon fork width: 2.6cm
  • Dinner spoon length: 19.2cm
  • Dinner spoon width: 4.8cm
  • Dessert spoon length: 17.3cm
  • Dessert spoon width: 4.5cm
  • Teaspoon length: 15.5cm
  • Teaspoon width: 3.9cm
  • Salad server, fork length: 25.8cm
  • Salad server, fork width: 6.3cm
  • Salad server, spoon length: 26cm
  • Salad server, spoon width: 6.3cm
Style
Modernist
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
GEORG JENSEN STAINLESS DENMARK (Stamped on each piece.)
Object history
This cutlery service won the Danish Industrial Design Prize in 1966.
Summary
Georg Jensen decided to introduce a range of simple, stainless steel cutlery in response to the rocketing price of silver in the early 1960s. This elegant service was first used in the restaurant of the Danish Pavilion at the 1963 New York World's Fair and hence the name New York given to this cutlery. It was at first only sold at the Danish pavilion's boutique until the autumn when it was released in Georg Jensen shops around the world. An immediate success, it is still in production.
Bibliographic references
  • Viggo Sten Møller, Henning Koppel, Copenhagen, Rhodos, 1965. pp.49, 51 ill.
  • Jens Bernsen and Susanne Schenstrøm eds., 100+3 Great Danish Industrial Designs ID prisen 1965-85, Copenhagen, Danish Design Council, 1985. pp.30-31. ill. ISBN. 87-87385-26-0
  • Nils-Jørgen Kaiser, The World of Henning Koppel, Copenhagen, NBC Press for Georg Jensen, 2000. pp.92-3. ill.
  • Thomas C. Thulstrup, Georg Jensen Silver & Design, Copenhagen, Gads Forlag, 2004. pp.141, 143. ill. ISBN. 87-12-04130-0
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
CIRC.176&A to J-1974

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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