Noted Finnish-born architect Eliel Saarinen designed Contempora in 1927 for "The Architect and the Industrial Arts," the Metropolitan Museum of Art's eleventh exhibition of contemporary American design. The museum requested that all furnishings and accessories for a room be included, stipulating that no object could be in current production. For the exhibit, Saarinen created a dining room complete with four new patterns of flatware, including "Contempora."
The "Contempora" flatware prototype was made by Dominick & Haff and featured a place setting in an Art Deco Chrysler Building skyscraper inspired design.
Art Deco Dinner Size Contempora by Dominick & Haff sterling silver flatware set - 103 pieces. This set includes:
12 Dinner Size Knives, 9 3/4"
12 Dinner Size Forks, 7 7/8"
12 Salad Forks, 6 3/8"
12 Teaspoons, 6"
12 Cream Soup Spoons, 6"
12 Flat Handle Butter Spreaders, 6 5/8"
12 Cocktail Forks, 5 1/4"
12 Iced Tea Spoons, 7 1/2"
2 Serving Spoons, 8 5/8"
1 Sugar Spoon, 6"
1 Flat Handle Master Butter Knife, 7 1/2"
1 Steak Carving Set, 2-pc, 10 1/4"
1 Cheese Server w/stainless blade, 6 3/4"
Includes bonus brand new storage chest - styles vary.
Excellent condition, with no monograms. This set will be beautifully professionally polished and sealed in individual plastic sleeves prior to shipping.
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