White Gold, a fragile eccentricity May, 2000

In 1664, Ferndinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, ordered work begun on a splendid pleasure palace as a present for this wife, Henriette Adelaide de Savoy. Constructed in the Italian style and adorned with glorious frescoes of the nymphs, her magical Arcadian villa became known as "Borgo della Ninfe", now called Nymphenburg. Ninety-four years later, on the grounds of this royal palace, Ferdinand's great grandson, Max III Joseph, began whatr emains today a series of factory pavilions intended for the guarded production of Rococo Europe's most precious commodity. Porcelain. The White Gold.

This installation, which caused a small sensation when it launched, presented historical and figural procelain, in what had become known as a temple of modernism and contemporary industrial design. This massive infusion of "decorative" into the discussion changed the discussion forever, and revitalized the company known as the Porzellan Manufaktur Numphenburg.

White Garden centerpiece

the table set for thirty in Rococo Cumberland service, designed in 1763 by Joseph Zachenberger

Figure designed in 1760 by Franz Anton Bustell

Figure designed in 1760 by Franz Anton Bustell

Another view of the Rococo Cumberland service

View from the back

View from the side

Table with the Commedia dell' Arte figures in the cases

White Gold poster, available for sale