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Two-handled oval platter with art nouveau leaf border

Maker Clemens Friedell (American, 1872-1963)

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS

Daten.d.

Mediumsilver

Dimensionsoverall: 29 x 17 1/2 in., 6.1 lb. (73.7 x 44.5 cm., 2.8 kg.)

Inscribedinscriptions: engraved marks on underside: "Sterling. Clemens Friedell, Pasadena"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Bequest of Lois Spalding

Status

Not on view

Label TextClemens Friedell's hand-wrought silver provides an important link between the opulence of late nineteenth-century silverware and the eclecticism of early twentieth-century design. Born near New Orleans, Friedell moved to Vienna with his Austrian-born parents in 1875. While in his teens, he served a traditional seven-year apprenticeship under a classically trained Viennese silversmith, who helped him develop extraordinary metalworking skills. Returning to this country in 1892, he worked in the Martele division of the Gorham Manufacturing Company from 1901 to 1907. He moved to Los Angeles in 1910 and to Pasadena in 1911, where he became one of the area's most highly regarded craftspeople.

Object number86.46.2