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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 9774155, member: 111&quot;]For any interested in silver, and American in particular, the Rhode Island School of Design launched an exhibit of part of their Gorham collection in 2019, the associated book, Williams&#039; &#039;Gorham Silver: Designing Brilliance 1850-1970&#039; is quite wonderful (told the exhibit was fabulous).&nbsp; Prior to its release, the only modern references specific to Gorham were Carpenter&#039;s &#039;Gorham Silver, 1840-1941&#039; (1982) and a 2002 volume on their &#039;M<font size="4">artelé&#039; line (I have both), so as soon as I heard, I pre-ordered the book, eager to add it to my library (such a silver-geek).</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Have a bit of time, so went to the RISD Museum site and pulled up images of pieces of copper or with copper (had forgotten that &#039;Cairo&#039; was originally called &#039;Curio&#039;), here are the pieces they have online, though a pair of likely Old Sheffield Plate candlesticks that were &#039;Replated by Gorham Co.&#039; also appear: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection?search_api_fulltext=gorham+copper&amp;has_images=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection?search_api_fulltext=gorham+copper&amp;has_images=1" rel="nofollow">https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection?search_api_fulltext=gorham+copper&amp;has_images=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And just because it&#039;s amazing, the silver-mounted writing table and chair created for the 1904 St. Louis World&#039;s Fair:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://risdmuseum.org/manual/117_the_long_road_home_the_gorham_writing_table_and_chair" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://risdmuseum.org/manual/117_the_long_road_home_the_gorham_writing_table_and_chair" rel="nofollow">https://risdmuseum.org/manual/117_the_long_road_home_the_gorham_writing_table_and_chair</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]482295[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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