Mexicans zilver. Mexican silver

n/a. Mexicans zilver. Mexican silver. Gent: Museum voor Sierkunst, 1993. First edition. Quarto. 173 (3)pp. Original illustrated silver French wraps with red lettering on cover, silver lettering on red spine. Illustrated endpapers, maps. Exhibition catalog for an exhibition of Mexican silverware at the Museum for Design in Gent, Belgium and part of ‘Europalia 93,’ covering artwork from pre-Columbian to present times. The exhibition presents silver and its meaning in Mexico, on one hand implying economic wealth but also a rich cultural heritage expressed in decorative and ornamental arts, utensils and religious art. Profusely illustrated with beautiful b/w photographs, some in color. Text in Dutch and English. Wrappers with light wear along edges and rubbed. Wrappers in overall good, interior in good+ to very good condition. g- to vg. Softcover. (38129) $60