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Christopher Dresser Textiles (Hardcover)
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Christopher Dresser Textiles (Hardcover)
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Dr Christopher Dresser is best remembered for his pioneering
advances in design and associated technology. In the new industrial
world of the nineteenth century, Dresser was the first designer to
understand that machinery was a good servant but a poor master; he
made it his business to understand how machines worked. His success
gained him credibility. Dresser became a sought-after consultant to
several textile manufacturers, most notably Barlow & Jones,
Tootal, Warner & Sons, Turnbull & Stockdale, and Wardle,
which allowed him to establish the largest design practice in
Britain by 1870. Equally, it was his success in promoting textiles
at affordable prices that attracted his popular following in the
press. Unlike his contemporaries, he was interested in making
designs available to everyone. However, Dresser is less celebrated
in comparison to other designers of the era, such as William
Morris, because Dresser was obliged to abandon this campaign to
improve British taste due to an unexplained illness in the early
1880s. At the same time, Morris was expanding his business just as
the Arts and Crafts movement was beginning to gain momentum.
Despite being the first Victorian to address the decorative needs
of all the population, there is a severe lack of appreciation for
Dresser's work - whose influence can be found in many textiles that
we take for granted today. This book redresses that balance, giving
Dresser the monograph he deserves.
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