Contemporary Silver: Made in Italy is the first book to tell the story of Italian silverware of the last three decades. Italy has a long and rich history of decorative precious metalwork which has contributed to its achievements in the twentieth century. However, the emblematic quality of silver as a material traditionally associated with the elite, together with regulations concerning its purity and the fact that silver has to be, at least partially, made by hand, also hindered technical and stylistic innovation for some time.
