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| I am delighted to welcome British Silver Week to Chatsworth. For more
than 300 years my ancestors have been commissioning silver, some of which
is on view today, and as you will see from the cabinet on the Great Stairs
landing, both the Duchess and I continue this tradition. In recent decades
British silver has been enjoying a renaissance as is demonstrated by the 20th
century examples loaned from the private Pearson Collection, entirely devoted
to post-1945 designer silver, on view to the public for the first time. The silver
trail at Chatsworth, which shows that modern works of art sit well within an
historic environment, leads to the Great Dining Room; here the latest work
of a dozen of Britain's finest silversmiths is displayed. Also on view are
the remarkable fine-art foundry castings of contemporary sculptures by
Lynn Chadwick, Jonathan Kenworthy, Christie Brown and Ralph Brown from
Pangolin Editions, showing that superb contemporary craftsmanship is alive
and well in Britain today. I congratulate British Silver Week on its initiative,
and I hope you will enjoy these fascinating works of art at Chatsworth. |
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| The Duke of Devonshire |
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British Silver Week displays at Chatsworth
from Monday 8th June to Sunday 5th July.
House open 11am until 5.30pm, last entry 4.30pm. |
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