Paper Knife
Medium
silver
Dimensions
32.5 × 10.5 × 0.5 cm
Classification
Metalwork
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Janet Zapata
Accession Number
2013.99
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
During the 1890s a new style emerged that reflected naturalistic and symbolic motifs found in Japanese and other Asian design. This movement rejected the historicism that had dominated architecture and design during the previous decades and took hold across Europe and America too. In France the style was known as "Art Nouveau," after the name of the gallery belonging to its chief proponent Siegfried Bing, the Maison de L'Art Nouveau (House of the New Art). This paper knife by the American silver...
About the Artist
George W. Shiebler & Co. (American) ( ) · 1851 –1899
1851–1899