Don Wallance (American 1909-1990) for Lauffer Palisander Flatware, Norway and Japan, stainless steel and rosewood, designed 1969, seventeen teaspoons, fourteen tablespoons, eleven dinner knives, twelve dinner forks, and thirteen dessert forks, each marked "Lauffer" with country of origin, lg. 6 1/2 to 8 1/2 in.
Note: Wallance was a metalworker and furniture and industrial designer. Starting in 1951, he worked for H.E. Lauffer designing cutlery and tableware, including the flatware set Design One in 1953 and the plastic flatware set, Design Ten, in 1978-79. His book,
Shaping America's Products, is described as a "seminal study of the relationship of craftsmanship to industry," by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.
Condition
Condition: Minor age expected wear. The following are marked Norway: seven knives, seven tablespoons, 11 teaspoons, 6 forks and seven salad forks.
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