Art nouveau and art deco silver

"Interest in the applied and decorative arts of the early decades of the twentieth century has never been greater. But while such fields as glass, furniture and jewelry have been widely studied, this pioneering book is the first international survey of Art Nouveau and Art Deco silver. Annelies Krekel-Aalberse, the prominent Dutch authority on the subject, analyses and compares the work of all the most important designers and silversmiths working in the UK, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, the Scandinavian countries, Russia and the USA during this period." - dust jacket.