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Opal Moore

Subject: Literature

(b. 1953), poet, short story writer, essayist, educator, and critic of children's literature. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Opal Moore was influenced from childhood by ...

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The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Art & Architecture
Length:
2,106 words
Illustration(s):
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...brooch. In 1851 Tiffany brought the silver manufacturer John Chandler Moore into the firm, and under Moore ’s direction the company rose to dominate the domestic silver market. By 1853 the firm was known as Tiffany & Co. In 1850 Tiffany opened a branch in Paris; at the Expositions Universelles of 1867 and 1878 in Paris the firm was awarded medals, the first to be given to an American silver-maker. Moore’s son, the silver designer Edward Chandler Moore ( 1827–91 ), also joined the company; in 1871 he created the celebrated ‘Audubon’...

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