Title & Author:

Shock of the old : Christopher Dresser's design revolution / edited by Michael Whiteway.

Publication:

New York : Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in association with V & A Publications : Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 2004.

Description:

240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, Mar. 5-July 25, 2004 and Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Sept. 9-Dec. 5, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (page 233) and index.
Christopher Dresser at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum / Paul Warwick Thompson -- Dr. Christopher Dresser : his life and career / Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway -- Dresser's education and writings / Stuart Durant -- Furnishings : textiles, wallpapers and carpets / Harry Lyons -- Dresser's wallpaper and textile design 1860-1880 -- Dresser and his sources of inspiration / Judy Rudoe -- Dresser and manufacturers 1860-1876 : Minton, Wedgwood Watcombe, Coalbrookdale -- Dresser in the United States / David A. Taylor -- Dresser and Japan / Widar Halén -- After Japan : Dresser and the art furnishers' alliance : 1877-1883 -- Dresser in context / Simon Jervis -- Dresser's later designs 1883-1904.

ISBN:

0810966581
9780810966581

Subject:

Dresser, Christopher Exhibitions.
Dresser, Christopher, 1834-1904.
Dresser, Christopher, 1834-1904 Expositions.
Dresser, Christopher
Decorative arts England History 19th century Exhibitions.
Design England History 19th century.
Decoration and ornament Great Britain Exhibitions.
Design Grande-Bretagne Expositions.
Décoration et ornement Grande-Bretagne Expositions.
Arts décoratifs Angleterre Histoire 19e siècle Expositions.
Design Angleterre Histoire 19e siècle.
Decoration and ornament
Decorative arts
Design
Design (história) Século 19 Inglaterra.
Artes decorativas (história) Século 19 Inglaterra.
Designer.
Motif décoratif.
Objet d'art.
Papier peint.
Tissu.
Great Britain
England

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
History

Added entries:

Whiteway, Michael.
Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Victoria and Albert Museum.

Christopher Dresser's design revolution

Holdings:

Location: Library main 231204
Call No.: NK44.D773 S5 2004
Status: Available