“Tiffany had some extraordinary jewelry and decorative art designers and craftpersons in the late 1800s and early 1900s, including LC Tiffany and Paulding Farnham. This gentleman is in great company, setting design trends and fashion direction for decades. Collectively, they established Tiffany as a lead. Look at the illustrations and admire.”
...Rhoma Young
Cosmopolitan Craftsman
Edward C. Moore was the creative force behind the magnificent and inventive silver produced at Tiffany and Co. during the second half of the nineteenth century. His is a tale of phenomenal artistry, ambition, innovation, and vision. In his drive to study and create beauty, Moore sought inspiration in diverse cultures and geographies. He amassed a vast collection of works of art from ancient Greece and Rome, Asia, Europe, and the Islamic world with the aim of educating and inspiring American artists and designers, particularly those at Tiffany….
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