print email comment close Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500–2005 URL: http://cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/feeding_desire/ Description: Online companion to an exhibition addressing "the development of utensil forms, innovations in production and materials, etiquette, and flatware as social commentary" in Western dining. Explore themes (such as "Ergonomics of the Table" and "Flatware for Children") and biographies and timelines of the knife, fork, and spoon. From the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Publisher: Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum LII Database Information: Record 21560 created by Jennifer English on 05/15/2006 Last modification on 06/06/2007 Published: 07/27/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21560