Over the past several years the IMA's collection of American silver made between 1925 and 2010 has grown dramatically. This exhibition will trace the major stylistic changes in silver design from art deco to space age to post Modern, as well as key cultural shifts like the advent of the cocktail party and decline of formal dining. A wide variety of forms (tea and coffee sets, candlesticks, tureens, bowls, flatware, etc.) created by a distinguished group of designer/architects would be shown, including Janet Payne Bowles, Kurt Christoffersen, Donald Coldflesh, Frank Gehry, Michael Graves, Calvin Klein, Belle Kogan, Erik Magnusse, Richard Meier, Elsa Peretti, John Prip, Robert A. M. Stern, Stanley Tigerman, and Robert Venturi.