We've improved our look and our menu. Now serving even better handcut steaks, plus ribs, pasta and more. says. "Myers had an affinity for the Rococo style and put his own stamp on it. "The styles were set in London during the colonial period. People wanted to have the latest London fashions just like today people look to New York for the latest styles. "It was really a matter of working within a style that was set somewhere else and master- ing it. He didn't come up with an original [approach]. Even the Torah finials — very few were made in this country — were from European models. If they're somewhat differ- ent, they're still within a general conception of what a Torah finial should be." The idea for the book and the exhibit start- ed many years ago as Barquist sought a disser- tation topic for his academic goals at Yale. He became impressed with the importance of Myers' craftsmanship and noted the absence of recent studies about his accomplishments. Barquist, who wrote the biographical essay contained in the catalogue, invited two histori- ans to supplement the work. Jon Butler, profes- sor of American history and religious studies at Yale, wrote "The New York World of Myer Myers." Jonathan D. Sarna, professor of American Jewish history and Judaic studies at Brandeis University, wrote "Colonial Judaism." "At the time Myers was alive, silver objects were very important in religious ceremonies in Jewish congregations," says Barquist, who con- siders Myers' Torah finials with intricate deco- rative details the best examples of his work. "It was something people did not only as a means of gaining God's favor but also as a demonstration of the Jews' ability to do it, showing that they had essentially arrived financially and socially in America." Much about Myers' personal life is known through original records preserved by his con- gregation, Shearith Israel, founded in 1654 and still active. Myers, who had 13 children, seems to have left little Jewish family legacy because so many members of following gener- ations became Christian at one time or anoth- er in the 19th century. The only object that seems to have descended through his family was a soup ladle made for a daughter and pictured in the cata- logue. Only one descendent, William Barksdale Myers, is known to have shown a penchant for art. "Myers' great-grandson was a painter, and there's a painting by him illustrated in the cat- alogue," Barquist says. "It's a portrait of the painter's father. The artist was a painter of portraits in Virginia." Barquist, who has worked on this project for six years, remains amazed at Myers' pro- ductivity with handcrafting skills used by today's artists. "I really didn't have any conception at the beginning of how important and significant Myers' workshop was in the larger picture of New York," Barquist says. "I kept being sur- prised at how many objects have survived." 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