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Six-piece Place Setting
1977 · Sterling silver
.a (knife): l. 9 1/8 x w. 13/16" (l. 23.2 x w. 2.1 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Carlo Scarpa
Italian, 1906
Venice, Italy
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8
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Transformations in Modern Architecture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
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20th Century Design from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1958–1959
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Useful Household Objects under $5.00
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1938
About
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Carlo Scarpa was an Italian architect and designer whose practice spanned furniture, glasswork, and architectural renovation. Working primarily in Venice, he developed a meticulous approach to material detailing and spatial composition, evident in his designs for glass vessels and his restoration of historic buildings including the Castelvecchio museum in Verona. His work reconciled modernist principles with Italian craft traditions, particularly in his handling of marble, stone, and Murano glass. Scarpa's influence on postwar design emerged through his integration of functional rigor with tactile, handmade sensibility.
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Victoria and Albert Museum
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