Don Wallance (American, 1909-1990) for Lauffer . Modernist Bedford design ( 1963) . 98% complete Canteen of Cutlery c1969. Stainless steel made in Holland. Comprising 8 place setting consisting of :
8 Dinner Knife
8 Dinner Fork
8 Side Knife
8 Side Fork
8 Soup Spoon
8 Dessert Spoon
5 Tea spoon ( 3 missing )
2 large serving spoons
1 large serving fork
In original wooden canteen box. In very good used condition, a very well cared for and rare set.
More about Don Wallace - a metalworker, furniture and industrial designer. Born New York City, September 26, 1909. He graduated New York University in 1930 with a B.A. in English Literature. Travel to northern Europe exposed him to the International Style in architecture and design. Returning to the United States, he went to work in his father's furniture store seeing the need for more inventive designs in retail furnishings.
During World War II, Wallance designed mass-produced furniture for servicemen's families living abroad for the Office of the Quartermaster General, Washington.
He began designing tableware, cutlery, and accessories for H.E. Lauffer in 1951. Wallance became the most important American flatware designer in the early post-war period and continued his success throughout the early 1980s
Wallance is best known for his book, "Shaping America's Products", 1956, which remains a seminal study of the relationship of craftsmanship to industry.
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