Josef Hoffmann

SIX TABLE KNIFES

from the “RUNDES MODELL” (round model) cutlery design series

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, 1906

Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte from 1906 to 1913, model no. S 795

Marked: Austrian hallmark - small head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), PP (for Paul Poiret)

L 18 cm

This knife was first presented in the 1906 Wiener Werkstätte exhibition "Der gedeckte Tisch"(the laid table) as part of a cutlery set on the wedding banquet table. It was available in silver-plated alpaca and in solid silver. The list of buyers of this cutlery set features such names as Sonja Knips and Titus.