Lot 251

CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) (ATTRIBUTED DESIGNER) FOR THE COALBROOKDALE COMPANY
FENDER, CIRCA 1870

Auction: Day One: 20 April 2022 | From 11:00
£275
Description
cast iron
Dimensions
124cm wide, 34cm deep
Provenance
Provenance: The Peter Rose and Albert Gallichan Collection
Footnote
Literature: Lyons, Harry Christopher Dresser: The People's Designer, Woodbridge 2005, pp. 152-3.
Note: Dresser is first documented as working for Coalbrookdale circa 1870, however stylistic evidence and designs such as the 'Water Plant' garden furniture were registered at an earlier date, pointing to his designing for the firm from the mid-1860s.
