18 Pieces of Round Model cutlery
designed 1906; manufactured (1906-1916)
Medium
alpaca, silver, stainless steel
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Gordon Moffatt AM and Jacqueline Moffatt with the assistance of NGV Supporters of Decorative Arts, 2014
© Estate of Josef Hoffmann
Gallery location
Mid 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Josef Hoffmann designed numerous cutlery services between 1903 and 1930, and his 1906 Round Model featured in the Weiner Werkstätte’s Cabaret Fledermaus. The design prompted mixed reactions from the press, with some praising its rational simplicity of form, and others complaining of a ‘clinical’ character which made the cutlery fell like ‘surgical instruments’. The design was one of Hoffmann’s most successful; the original Round Model was produced by Wiener Werkstätte until 1916, but Hoffmann revisited the basic form in his last cutlery set produced by the Wiener Werkstätte, the SB5 model. The Round Model is still in production today by Alessi.
Artwork Details
Accession Number
2014.161.1-18
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited