About the Author

Rosie Chambers Mills is The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Associate Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Bobbye Tigerman is the Marilyn B. and Calvin B. Gross Associate Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Helen W. Drutt English is a pioneering collector and dealer of American modern and contemporary craft.

Blake Gopnik is critic-at-large for Artnet News and writes on art and design for a wide range of publications. Benjamin Lignel is a jewelry designer and co-founder of La Garantie, Association Pour Le Bijou.