Michael Backman: Courtly Splendour

Leighton House Museum 18 Stafford Terrace, London

Art historian and author Michael Backman will lead a fascinating talk about the Malay ancient tradition of working with  silver and gold as well as the appeal their craft had for collectors in the Victorian era.  Recent research reveals that some goldware produced by the Malays,  was wrongly attributed to [...]

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