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Focus de Luxe, eight piece cutlery set
designed (1955-1956)

Medium
stainless steel, nylon

Measurements
(a) 1.0 × 2.2 × 19.9 cm (dinner knife)
(b) 0.6 × 2.2 × 17.0 cm (entrée knife) (c ) 0.4 × 1.9 × 14.2 cm (butter knife)
(d) 1.2 × 2.9 × 19.7 cm (dinner fork)
(e) 1.1 × 2.1 × 17.2 cm (entrée fork)
(f) 1.1 × 3.2 × 15.9 cm (dessert spoon)
(g) 1.9 × 2.1 × 19.9 cm (soup spoon)
(h) 0.9 × 2.5 × 12.9 cm (teaspoon)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2022

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Eskilstuna, Sweden

Inscription
(a) punched (vertically) in rear of handle c.: GENSE EXTRA STAINLESS SWEDEN
(b) punched (vertically) in rear of handle c.: GENSE EXTRA STAINLESS SWEDEN
(c) punched (vertically) in rear of handle c.: GENSE EXTRA STAINLESS SWEDEN
(d) punched (vertically) in rear of handle c.: GENSE 18-8 STAINLESS SWEDEN
(e) punched (vertically) in rear of handle c.: GENSE 18-8 STAINLESS SWEDEN
(f) punched (vertically) in rear of handle c.: GENSE 18-8 STAINLESS SWEDEN
(g) punched (vertically) in rear of handle c.: GENSE 18-8 STAINLESS SWEDEN
(h) punched (vertically) in rear of handle c.: GENSE 18-8 STAINLESS SWEDEN

Accession Number
2022.940.a-h

Department
International Decorative Arts