Collecting by Design: Silver and Metalwork of the Twentieth Century from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection

by Tim O'Brien and Margo Grant Walsh

Peter C Marzio (Foreword) and Cindi Strauss (Introduction)

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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.



Distributed for The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston


Exhibition Schedule:

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (March 15 – August 3, 2008)

  • ISBN10 030013892X
  • ISBN13 9780300138924
  • Publish Date 17 July 2008
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 4 March 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 152
  • Language English