Delight in Design: Indian Silver for the Raj

Vidya Dehejia

ISBN 10: 8189995197 / ISBN 13: 9788189995195

Published by Mapin Publishing, India, 2008

About this Item

The usual library additions and remnants. Text and plates very clean. Jacket has light general wear. No tears. Binding tight. 223pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Delight in Design: Indian Silver for the Raj
• Publisher: Mapin Publishing, India
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8189995197
• ISBN 13: 9788189995195
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Ex-Library
• Seller catalogs:
  • Antiques & Collectables

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Synopsis

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. Silversmiths created elegant silver tea services, bowls, wine and water ewers, beer mugs, and goblets to adorn the sideboard or mantelpiece in a British Raj home, creating European forms fulfilling European requirements. These same silversmiths then adopted a unique manner of embellishing these objects with a variety of different motifs that reflect local taste and carry a recognizably local pattern. This book carries a set of five essays that explore different facets of the production and consumption of Indian silver for the Raj. It considers the silverware in terms of its clearly distinguishable regional styles, which is prefaced by two thematic sections, one on calling card cases and the other on tea services, which demonstrate its wide prevalence. The visual presentation of the silverware does justice to it dazzling quality.