William Spratling and the Mexican Silver Renaissance: Maestros de Plata

By Penny Chittim Morrill

William Spratling revolutionized silver jewellery design in Mexico. Arriving in Taxco in 1929, by 1940 he had over 100 silversmiths producing his enormously popular silver creations. Important figures of the North American literary and art establishment, among them John dos Passos, William Faulkner and Georgia O'Keeffe, purchased his designs and sang his praises. Out of Spratling's workshop emerged many of Mexico's finest silver designers, including Hector Aguilar, Antonio Castillo and his brothers Jorge and Justo, Salvador Teran and Antonio Pineda. Their stiking jewellery and hollow-ware in silver - often set with precious stones and pre-Columbian artefacts - are prized collectibles.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810932482
• ISBN13: 9780810932487
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.5" x 12.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary