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	• Collecting by Design: Silver and Metalwork of the Twentieth Century from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection ... Timothy A. O'Brien, Margo Grant Walsh Museum Fine Arts Houston, 2008 - 152 pages average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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The book was edited in connection with "Collecting by Design" Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection. An Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 15 to August 3, 2008.
This exhibition features metalwork pieces designed by prominent architects from the 19th to the 21st century. The involvement of architects in decorative arts has its roots in the concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk, a term generally attributed to Richard Wagner, who saw his operas as an integral artwork of music, theatre and visual art.
The book is illustrated with hundreds of images of 20th century silver.
A must for everyone interested to the matter.
A wide article about this exhibition written by Dorothea Burstyn, the President of Silver Society of Canada, is available in ASCAS website at [...]

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Margo Grant Walsh is a prominent interior architect with an impeccable eye for collecting silver. The recipient of prestigious awards in her industry, she has devoted her career to designing interiors for major corporations, while amassing a remarkable collection of more than 800 exquisitely designed and beautifully crafted pieces of silver, from jewelry to tea services. This book is the first to document her unparalleled collection.

Comprising works from seventeen countries, the collection features examples by internationally acclaimed artists and workshops, such as C. R. Ashbee, Christopher Dresser, Georg Jensen, the Kalo Shop, Omar Ramsden, William Spratling, and Tiffany & Company. Architect-designed silver is a recurring theme of the collection, which includes a tea service by the Japanese architectural team of Kazuo Sejima and Ryue Nishiwaza.

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