I was very pleased this week to
acquire this Folio entitled STUDIES IN
DESIGN by Christopher Dresser which is printed to the
highest standards.
Though the binding is in a
distressed state the plates inside are mostly as they were when the
left Cassell, Petter and Galpin print works.
Each plate is frameable. Though I will never break up a book.
It has been reprinted but as an original of 1876 It appears to be quite
rare.
Its all been said about how far
ahead Dresser's designs were.
Though a lot of them are now more
esoteric than commercial there is no doubting his place in the
history of design, not just in this country but in the world.
If my memory serves me correctly and
I am typing this as I think, he collected glass for Louis Comfort
Tiffany on his travels round the globe. Where he collected designs, quite a lot of them in the Japanese taste Not all designs are actually
by him, but by his studio. This was a common practice in Victorian
times, as an example in today's terms, we can say, Lord Foster cant do all the drawings for all his
architectural projects.
Here in splendid colour we can see the vibrancy and attention to detail that was applied in a Victorian age of heavy brown furniture. If I also remember
rightly I was once told by a learned authority that his father was a tax inspector in Liverpool.
I thought you may like to share the beauty of some of the
plates.
And I thought I would like to share it.
Click on the link below to read the e-book on line.
https://archive.org/details/Studiesdesign00Dres
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