Established jewelry designer Stephen Dweck has chosen some flatware as part of The New York Times weekly shopping feature — perfect for entertaining month! Our personal favorite of the bunch is the Art Deco Guéthary flatware from Puiforcat (pictured above). It's a stainless steel design from 1926 and available from Bergdorf Goodman. See more of our favorites after the jump...
A closer look at Puiforcat's Guéthary stainless steel Art Deco flatware &mdash $480 for 5 pieces at Bergdorf Goodman.
At the high end, Josef Hoffmann's Pattern No. 86 from 1920 — $1,210 for 5 pieces at Moss.
Super practical Arctic Flatware — $25 for 5 pieces at Pottery Barn.
Nero has a dark, gunmetal finish — $75 for 5 pieces at Crate & Barrel.
Check out all the choices and reasoning behind each: Shopping With Stephen Dweck: Flatware as Finery and the interactive shopping list.
Images: Chester Higgins Jr. for The New York Times
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Comments (7)
ever since john pawson's house was reviewed in a magazine years ago, we love 3-tined forks. seem medieval and modern at that same time. dweck's spoon's shape is lovely.
My dream flatware is the Acorn sterling pattern by Georg Jensen - $1150 for a new 5 piece placesetting, but one can often find 8 or 12 placesetting vintage sets on eBay for far less.
http://www.georgjensenstore.com/index.php?do=product.details&productid=344&catalogid=311&lineid=266
i'm a bit fond of that crate and barrel flatware as an inbetween set... any idea on weight/hand feel? I like it to be really really light.
I find flatware to be like shoes. Foremost it is a utilitarian item that has to fit comfortably. But when you get great fit and great style, magic happens.
David Mellor for Heath. Love the Minimal!
http://www.heathceramics.com/go/heath/homeware/store/index.cfm?storeCategoriesID=35
I have Georg Jensen Strata in black and Acorn have had them both for many years will never need anything else.
Yeah, I would go with the Puiforcat from Bergdorf Goodman at $480 for five pieces of stainless steel ... get real. That's about $95 a piece for a few ounces of stainless steel with a fancy pedigree.
How many people are buying stainless steel flatware at Bergdorf Goodman at those prices now that even the well-off have lost 40% of their net worth?
Frankly, I've never seen stainless steel flatware that would cast a magic spell at any price. I have seen silverware that's really beautiful, and it has intrinsic value. It will also hold its value. If you're going with stainless steel, get something well-designed at a reasonable price.