Mid Century Modern Furniture
Timed Online Auction, 31 August - 19 September 2023
Session 1
Lot Estimate
ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 21 105
About this Item
Copenhagen, Denmark
A set of Arne Jacobsen 'Model 601' stainless steel flatware, for Anton Michelsen 1957, Denmark comprising; 6 butter knives, 6 salad forks, 6 dinner knives, 6 dinner forks, 6 right-handed spoons and 2 serving forks, each piece marked 'A. Michelsen Stainless Denmark', with Jacobsen's AJ monogram (32)
Notes
This cutlery was originally designed in 1957 for the Royal Copenhagen Hotel, one of Arne Jacobsen's most prestigious architectural commissions, for which he designed all the furniture and fittings. The Arne Jacobsen cutlery was used in the famous Stanley Kubrick science fiction film "2001: A Space Odyssey" from 1968. Anton Michelsen produced the set prior to Georg Jensen who produced it from 1985.
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