Simon Gate
Centerpiece Bowl and Underplate

DesignerSwedish, 1883–1945
EngraverSwedish, active early 20th century
CultureSwedish
Titles
  • Centerpiece Bowl and Underplate
DateDesigned 1920, made 1929
PlaceSweden
MediumGlass
Dimensions(.1, Bowl): 4 1/2 × 15 1/16 × 9 1/8 in. (11.4 × 38.3 × 23.2 cm)
(.2, Underplate): 7/8 × 12 9/16 × 8 3/16 in. (2.2 × 31.9 × 20.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust
Object number2003.64.1,.2
Non exposé

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Provenance[Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia]; given to MFAH, 2003.
Exhibition History"Recent Accessions in Modern and Contemporary Design", MFA,H, Alice Pratt Brown Garden Gallery, August 27, 2005 - March 5, 2006.

"Scandinavian Design," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 26 August, 2012 - 27 January, 2013.

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