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This orchid pin reflects the floral work of Hector Aguilar, one of the makers who carried Taxco's silver revival into a workshop of enduring reputation. Aguilar founded the Taller Borda, whose substantial, architectural silver gave him a recognizable voice.
The pin takes an orchid as its subject, worked in silver in the solid idiom for which the Taller Borda is known. It dates to Aguilar's main design period, roughly 1939 to 1962, the most productive years of the workshop.
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