Delight in design : Indian silver for the Raj /
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Ahmedabad : Ocean Township, N.J. :
Mapin Publishing in association with Timeless Books ; Grantha,
2008.
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| ISBN: | 9788189995195 (Mapin) 8189995197 (Mapin) 9780944142431 (Grantha) 9788189497194 (Timeless) 8189497197 (Timeless) 0944142435 |
Table of Contents:
- Whose taste? Colonial design, international exhibitions, and Indian silver / Vidya Dehejia
- 'Designs to suit every taste:' P. Orr & Sons and Swami silverware / Dipti Khera
- A cache uncovered: workshop drawings of Oomersee Mawjee & Sons of Kutch / Vidya Dehejia
- 'A house of wonder:' silver at the Delhi Durbar Exhibition of 1903 / Yuthika Sharma
- Testimonial plate: swashbuckling silver / Wynyard Wilkinson
- Catalog / Vidya Dehejia
- The calling card and ritual of the call
- Tea and the tea service
- Regional styles of silverware
- Madras and Swami silver
- Kutch embossed silverware
- Kashmir silver: the 'paisley,' and the Chinar leaf
- Lucknow silver: the jungle, and the hunt
- Alwar's brief experiment
- Calcutta silver and rural scenes
- Burmese silver: the Jatakas and Ramayana
- Bombay's assorted silver styles.