Lot 17
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904)
TOAST RACK
Auction: 19 April 2005 at 13:00 BST
Description
designed 1879, manufactured by James Dixon & Sons, silver plate, indistinct stamped marks, numbered '66'
Dimensions
14cm high
Footnote
EXHIBITED:
Design, Mirror of the Century, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 17 May - 25 July 1993
'Christopher Dresser: Un designer alla corte della regina Victoria', Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, 30 October 2001-March 2002
'The Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser', Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, 5 March - 25 July 2004
'Christopher Dresser 1834-1904: A Design Revolution', The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 9 September - 5 December 2004
LITERATURE:
James Dixon and Sons, Cornish Place, Sheffield, Catalogue, 1885, page 95
'Christopher Dresser: A Pioneer of Modern Design', Widar Halen, Phaidon Press Ltd, London, 1993, plate 211
'Christopher Dresser 1834-1904', Michael Whiteway, Skira Editore S.p.A., Milan, 2001, plate 94
'Christopher Dresser: A Design Revolution', ed. Michael Whiteway, V & A Publications, London, 2004, plate 195