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  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd (15 Nov 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1851494553
  • ISBN-13: 978-1851494552
  • Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 22.4 x 3.6 cm
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  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 106,056 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) was a Victorian from a humble provincial background, who pushed back the frontiers of class privilege to claim his place as the first designer of the industrial age with the household in mind. Lyons believes that the legacy of Dresser has still to unfold. Dresser is already well appreciated for his silver-plated work and ceramics, but even in these fields there must be many more, as yet unnamed, companies that used Dresser's designs. Why is it, Lyons asks, that Dresser is reported as a designer of silver in 1876 by a Chicago newspaper, a full two years before his 'ground-breaking' designs for Hukin & Heath were even launched? Why was Dresser invited to be a member of the International Jury at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, 1876 - surely not on the basis of his work for Minton and Wedgwood alone? We already know that he exhibited porcelain in the London Exhibition of 1871, but what did these pieces look like and where are they now? In this extensively researched book on Dresser, Lyons seeks to answer these questions as well as examining the overlooked areas of Dresser's work in textiles, wallpapers and graphic design. Lyons also suggests firms that he believes manufactured Dresser designs. Lyons reaches out to help the collector find the Dresser wares to suit every budget. The trick, says Lyons, is recognising Dresser's hand, and trying to distinguish it from his many followers. 'Once you get your eye in, there is a strength and a feeling of satisfaction, what is unmistakably "Dresser" and distinguishable from the best of others who worked in similar styles.' To assist the reader, Lyons has included in his book a 'dictionary' of Dresser's designs, in similar vein to Owen Jones' Grammar of Ornament.


About the Author

Harry Lyons' passion for Dresser goes back many years; he has searched out a huge range of previously unrecognised Dresser designs and objects. Lyons' interest in Dresser was first aroused by Dresser's simple philosophy of widening the circle of those who could afford good design, and he has spent a number of years researching the designer's life and work. He has frequently lectured and written on Dresser, and held a groundbreaking exhibition of the designer's work at the New Century Gallery in 1999. He is also a contributor to the V&A's 2004 Dresser exhibition catalogue.

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