It's amazing for someone to go into the decorative arts and revive it. He has carved out a niche that really wasn't there.

They carved a niche for themselves. Right from the beginning, they were much more on the cutting edge - but at the same time they were concerned with saving history and looking back to the cutting edge of the past - the Diaghilev years, for example.

One of the chief considerations of the decorative arts galleries was that they should be suitable for the display of textiles, and for this initial exhibition we have chosen mainly textiles from the 15th through the 17th centuries,

One of the chief considerations of the decorative arts galleries was that they should be suitable for the display of textiles, and for this initial exhibition we have chosen mainly textiles from the 15th through the 17th centuries.

We think demand for arts and crafts furniture and objects and 20th century decorative arts and stylish things are going to continue to be very much in demand and with that in view we will be holding a special sale of these items on February 28.

And the names he loved to hearHave been carved for many a yearOn the tomb.