Delight in Design: Indian Silver for the Raj

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Author: Vidya Dehejia

ISBN-10: 0944142435

ISBN-13: 9780944142431

Category: Collectible Metalwork

Delight in Design is a richly illustrated volume that focuses on the remarkable ornamented silverware produced by Indian craftsmen during the period of the British Raj.

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Delight in Design is a richly illustrated volume that focuses on the remarkable ornamented silverware produced by Indian craftsmen during the period of the British Raj.

Whose Taste? Colonial Design, International Exhibitions, and Indian Silver Vidya Dehejia Dehejia, Vidya 8'Designs to Suit Every Taste:' P. Orr & Sons and Swami Silverware Dipti Khera Khera, Dipti 20A Cache Uncovered: Workshop Drawings of Oomersee Mawjee & Sons of Kutch Vidya Dehejia Dehejia, Vidya 38'A House of Wonder:' Silver at the Delhi Durbar Exhibition of 1903 Yuthika Sharma Sharma, Yuthika 48Testimonial Plate: Swashbuckling Silver Wynyard Wilkinson Wilkinson, Wynyard 65Catalog Vidya Dehejia Dehejia, Vidya 68The Calling Card and the Ritual of the Call 70Tea and the Tea Service 82Regional Styles of Silverware 98Madras and Swami Silver 100Kutch Embossed Silverware 126Kashmir Silver: The 'Paisley,' and the Chinar Leaf 152Lucknow Silver: The Jungle, and the Hunt 170Alwar's Brief Experiment 180Calcutta Sliver and Rural Scenes 184Burmese Silver: The Jatakas and Ramayana 200Bombay's Assorted Silver Styles 212Glossary 220Selected Bibliography 221