Category:Edward C. Moore

English: Edward Chandler Moore (1827–1891), an American silversmith, art collector, and benefactor of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1848, his father, John C. Moore, took him on as his partner and they worked as John C. Moore & Son in 1849-1864; as John C. Moore stepped down in the latter years, Edward took over the family business. Beginning in 1851, the Moore firm produced exclusively for Tiffany & Co. In 1868, Tiffany purchased the company, raising Tiffany's status from being a silver retailer to a silver manufacturer. Edward C. Moore headed up Tiffany's silver department and was their chief designer until his death in 1891. He bequeathed his art collection and personal library to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.; Moore's son, Edward C. Moore, Jr., in his turn bequeathed additional artifacts to the MET.