David McFadden & Lotus Stack

Widely considered a dean of twentieth-century textile design, Jack Lenor Larson has also collected the crafts of world cultures and related contemporary art for the last fifty years. The synergy between his design and his collecting is the subject of this stimulating book, which touches on the nature of creativity itself.

Engagingly revealed in Larson's eye for art by such well-known figures as Dale Chihuly, Dame Lucie Rie, and Wharton Esherick, among others from Japan, Korea, Columbia, Africa, and India. A narrative chronology rounds off this major new profile of a celebrated creator, world-travelling collector, and friend to artists from all nations.