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Inspired By Architecture

This range of sophisticated and contemporary gifts have all been inspired directly or in spirit by the sculptural forms commonly associated with architecture. Zaha Hadid collaborated with Italian design house Alessi to produce the stunning stainless steel vase.

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Model of the church of the Redentore, Venice, 1972. Lime and beechwood with bisque details, 152 x 241 x 87 cm Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio, Vicenza. Photo Alberto Carolo

Malcolm McLaren, Still from ‘Shallow', 2008. Courtesy Aurel Scheibler, Berlin. Copyright Malcolm McLaren

The Antioch Chalice, Byzantine, from Syria, possibly Kaper Koraon or Antioch, first half of the sixth century. Silver cup set in footed silver-gilt shell, Height 19. 7 cm. Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Cloisters Collection, 1950 (50.4). Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art