IT TAKES AN especially curious and dedicated individual to develop a collection that reflects the highest levels of excellence and innovation in any artistic discipline. And while the art of collecting is deeply personal, it is also a forward-looking endeavor infused with optimism. In the realm of design, I think of nonconformist collectors such as Helen Williams (Drutt) English, whose collection of international studio jewelry is now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the late John P. Driscoll, who gifted a trove of superb American works on paper to the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State.
In the company of these prescient collectors is
