Georg Jensen: Reflections Hardcover – Illustrated, 14 Oct. 2014

A very handsomely produced coffee-table book about the mastery of the Georg Jensen silversmithy. It is though basically a visual celebration and not a history in words. The large size allows selected works from seven designers to be shown with huge enlargements. They are: Jensen; Johan Rohde; Harald Nielsen; Sigvard Bernadotte; Henning Koppel; Vivianna Torun Bulow-Hube; Vernon Panton and a few others in pages near the back of the book in a chapter called Collaboration.I've been buying Jensen silver for years (as my parents did before me) and I love Koppel's designs, his chapter in the book was particularly interesting to me though I thought it was a pity some of his watches aren't shown or the stunning Wave bowl.A really nice feature is the use of drawings from the Jensen archive showing various jewelry and silver ware and a photo of the real thing. Other colour photos, in close-up, bring out the Jensen craftsmanship. It's worth saying that most of the photos in the book are not hard pin-sharp studio ones but what might be called artistic shots, always tastefully done and I think this makes them come alive and show of character off the work.Despite the excellence of the photography, paper and printing the book has a couple of editorial flaws. The headings and text (fortunately not too much of this) are printed in silver which makes it hard to read in the wrong light, captions are on whole page photos, usually in white but these pages frequently face pages with a photo and generous margins which would easily take the captions.The book is really a snap-shot to show you how wonderful Jensen silver looks. A comprehensive overview of jewelry can be found in  Georg Jensen Jewelry (Published in Association with the Bard Graduate Centre for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture)  and the only worthwhile history is  Georg Jensen; Silver And Design  . This was published in 2004 to celebrate a hundred years of the company, beautifully designed with excellent colour photos, hard to find on the net but I think all the Jensen shops still sell copies. Do avoid the really dreadful looking 1997 Schiffer book (and the later reprint).Look inside the book at Westread Book Reviews than click 2014 and November

If you love the great work of sliversmith Georg Jensen, then this book is a must have. It has all the wonderful designs and work of the world famous house. The excellent details and craftsmanship is what makes the designs of Georg Jessen so irrisistable. A lot of the pieces are pieces I have never seen before.

je dois dire que j'ai passé des heures à ''contempler'' cette belle pièce de collection et c'est un plaisir de le déposer sur la table à café et quel ques jours plutard de le regarder de nouveau............des heures de bonheur!!!

This is a beautiful book! The book is oversized, has silver edged pages and is quite dramatic. Of course, the content is exquisite! My friend said it was the most beautiful coffee table book that she owns -- and she has many.

Amazing! Huge! Conversation piece for sure!

Virtually no substance, some nice photos, poorly edited, i.e. many pictures were split because of the page/signature layout. Ultimately I returned the book, it added nothing to my library ad wasn't beautiful enpough to be on the coffee table.