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Margot Van Voorhies: The Art of Mexican Enamelwork
Penny C. Morrill
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Description for Margot Van Voorhies: The Art of Mexican Enamelwork
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, 485 color photos. BIC Classification: AKB; AKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1318.
Margot Van Voorhies was an American in the mid-twentieth century who went to Taxco, Mexico, and established a jewelry design business best known for exquisite enamel work. This fascinating book relates the pains of her childhood and eventual refuge in Mexico, where she developed an artistic talent into the Margot de Taxco workshop, that employed hundreds of artisans, particularly including women. Her associations with Taxco silversmiths, who were taught by innovator William Spratling, became the springboard for her own development and success. Margot's designs are distinctive, often based on spiral motifs inspired by vines and floral imagery. Glorious colored enamels ... Read more
Margot Van Voorhies was an American in the mid-twentieth century who went to Taxco, Mexico, and established a jewelry design business best known for exquisite enamel work. This fascinating book relates the pains of her childhood and eventual refuge in Mexico, where she developed an artistic talent into the Margot de Taxco workshop, that employed hundreds of artisans, particularly including women. Her associations with Taxco silversmiths, who were taught by innovator William Spratling, became the springboard for her own development and success. Margot's designs are distinctive, often based on spiral motifs inspired by vines and floral imagery. Glorious colored enamels ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764335495
SKU
V9780764335495
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About Penny C. Morrill
Dr. Penny Morrill has developed a history of modern Mexican silver through her research, writings, and teaching at George Mason University. She has established the Spratling-Taxco Collection at Tulane University's Latin American Library to further the study of Mexico's silver tradition and innovation. She lives in McLean, Virginia.
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