When the designer died in 1928, he left Glasgow a legacy of masterly buildings such as the city's School of Art, tastefully decorated tearooms, elegant furnishings, fine silverwork .
From the porcelain, etchings, and gold-and silverwork at the Atheneum, it is evident that rococo was a way of life, abandoned, whimsical, undemanding.
The curators of this show have not stinted on what one might call the oo-ah side--the gold- and silverwork, the enamels and tiny carvings, the intricate chalices and aquamaniles .
Berlin museums, Jewish heirs in dispute over art BERLIN (AP) — It's a medieval treasure trove worth an estimated quarter of a billion dollars, filled with gold crosses studded with gems and intricate silverwork. For years, it's been at the center of a dispute between a Berlin museum foundation and the heirs of Holocaust-era Jewish art dealers.
Jan. 15, 2014 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Who owns the art in Berlin museums? It's a medieval treasure trove worth an estimated quarter of a billion dollars, filled with gold crosses studded with gems and intricate silverwork. For years, it's been at the center of a dispute between a Berlin museum foundation and the heirs of Holocaust-era Jewish art dealers.
Jan. 15, 2014 - Denver Post
Berlin museums battle Jewish heirs over disputed art It's a medieval treasure trove worth an estimated quarter of a billion dollars, filled with gold crosses studded with gems and intricate silverwork. For years, it's been at the center of a dispute between a Berlin museum foundation and the heirs of Holocaust-era Jewish art dealers.
Jan. 15, 2014 - Fox News