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Collecting by design : silver and metalwork of the twentieth century from the Margo Grant Walsh collection

Title
Collecting by design : silver and metalwork of the twentieth century from the Margo Grant Walsh collection / Timothy A. O'Brien, with Margo Grant Walsh ; introduction by Cindi Strauss.
Author
O'Brien, Timothy A.
Publication
Houston : Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Walsh, Margo Grant.
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Description
xiii, 137 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm
Summary
"Margo Grant Walsh is a prominent interior architect with an impeccable eye for collecting silver, copper, and mixed metals. These are the materials that attract her attention and engage her inquisitive mind. The recipient of prestigious awards in her industry, Grant Walsh has devoted her career to designing interiors for major corporations, while amassing a remarkable collection of more than eight hundred exquisitely designed and beautifully crafted pieces of silver and metalwork, from jewelry to tea services. This richly illustrated book is the first to document her unparalleled collection."--BOOK JACKET.
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Note
  • Issued in connection with the exhibition Designed by Architects: metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh collection, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and presented there from March 15 to August 3, 2008.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p.135) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Blake Summers -- Preface / Peter C. Marzio -- A Collector's Quest / Margo Grant Walsh -- Introduction to the Margo Grant Walsh Collection / Cindi Strauss -- English Arts and Crafts -- American Arts and Crafts -- Legacy of the Arts and Crafts Movement -- Scandinavian Style -- The Modernist Impulse -- Mexican and American Indian Silver -- Contemporary Silver from the United Kingdom.
ISBN
  • 9780300138924 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 030013892X (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007049717
OCLC
  • ocn183162483
  • 183162483
  • SCSB-5407477
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries