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Bindesboll trained as an architect but is best known as a designer of silver and ceramics. His earliest silver designs were executed by the Copenhagen firm of Michelsen. An artist of considerable originality, Bindesboll was a major figure in the history of modern European design whose work, unfortunately, remains little known outside his native Denmark.
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162172
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Vase
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162172
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Vase
description
Bindesboll trained as an architect but is best known as a designer of silver and ceramics. His earliest silver designs were executed by the Copenhagen firm of Michelsen. An artist of considerable originality, Bindesboll was a major figure in the history of modern European design whose work, unfortunately, remains little known outside his native Denmark.
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1900
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en
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Q79985933
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Silver
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import
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Diameter: 16.1 cm (6 5/16 in.); Overall: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.)
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Denmark, Copenhagen
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2001.94
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silver
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Vase, 1900. Thorvald Bindesbøll (Danish, 1846–1908), firm of Anton Michelsen (Danish). Silver; diameter: 16.1 cm (6 5/16 in.); overall: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2001.94
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Decorative Arts
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 08:25:16.357000
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162172
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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silver
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