Lot 1
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904)
TOAST RACK
Auction: 19 April 2005 at 13:00 BST
Description
manufactured by Hukin and Heath, silver plate, stamped marks 'Designed by Dr C Dresser', and 'H & H 1987', registration mark for 1881
Dimensions
13.5cm high
Footnote
EXHIBITED:
'Christopher Dresser 1834-1904: Pottery, Glass, Metalwork', The Fine Art Society Ltd, London, 3 October - 27 October 1972, no. 126
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:
'Christopher Dresser: A Pioneer of Modern Design', Widar Halen, Phaidon Press Ltd, London, 1993, plate 178
'Christopher Dresser 1834-1904', Michael Whiteway, Skira Editore S.p.A., Milan, 2001, plate 59
'Christopher Dresser: A Design Revolution', ed. Michael Whiteway, V & A Publications, London, 2004, plate 177