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Lunt Silversmiths Hires Paula Zanger as Creative Director
Greenfield, MA. – May 19, 2008 - Lunt Silversmiths hired Paula Zanger as Creative Director, effective immediately. Ms. Zanger has more than fifteen years of experience in home furnishings and gift products, encompassing china, glassware, textiles, decorative accessories, and stationery. She is based in New York at the Lunt Silversmiths Showroom in the New York Mercantile Mart at 41 Madison Ave.“Paula's approach to creativity and design is seasoned, masterly and businesslike,” said RJ Mulford, President of Lunt Silversmiths. "She will apply traditional and modern concepts and a deep understanding of materials, creativity, and design to refine and strengthen our core and licensed product offerings".
Zanger has designed for a broad range of home products companies including Sasaki, Rosenthal, Vera Wang, Whole Foods Market and Royal Velvet. She earned design degrees in Textile Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Lunt Silversmiths, an American manufacturer with a 107-year history, produces an extensive collection of sterling, silverplate and pewter products including flatware, holloware, giftware, frames and babyware as well as the popular Oscar de la Renta Home for Lunt Collection and most recently the launch of the New York Botanical Garden by Lunt Collection. Lunt Silversmiths is the exclusive manufacturer of silverware for U.S. Embassies and Consulates around the world and it brings to the American market, elegant, stainless steel Couzon flatware and holloware from France.