Christopher Dresser Further Reading: A Selected Bibliography

April 24, 2015 by CTF Editor

 

By Dresser 

(arranged by publication date)

Books

The Art of Decorative Designs (London: Day & Son, 1862).

The Development of Ornamental Art in the International Exhibition (London: Day & Son, 1862).

Principles of Decorative Design (London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1873).

Studies in Design (London: A. Goater in Nottingham, 1874).

Japan, Its Architecture, Art, and Art Manufactures (London/New York: Longmans, Green, and Co./Scribner and Welford, 1882).

Modern Ornamentation (London: B. T. Batsford, 1886).

 

 Articles

 “The Art of Decorative Design,” Builder (1862).

“On Decorative Art,” Planet (1862).

“The Paris Exhibition, 1867,” Chromolithograph (1867–68).

“Ornamentation Considered as High Art,” Journal of the Society of Arts 19 (1871).

“Eastern Art and Its Influence on European Manufactures and Taste,” Journal of the Society of Arts 22 (1874).

 

On Dresser

(arranged alphabetically by author)

Books

Michael Collins, Christopher Dresser, 1834–1904, exh. cat. (London: Camden Arts Centre, 1979–80).

Richard Dennis and John Jesse, Christopher Dresser, 1834–1904, exh. cat. (London: Fine Art Society, 1972).

Stuart Durant, Christopher Dresser (London/Berlin: Academy Editions/Ernst & Sohn, 1993).

Widar Halén, Christopher Dresser (Oxford: Phaidon, 1990).

Rüdiger Joppien, Christopher Dresser, Ein Viktorianischer Designer, 1834–1904, exh. cat. (Cologne: Kunstgewerbemuseum, 1981).

Harry Lyons, Christopher Dresser: The People’s Designer, 1834–1904 (Woodbridge: Antique Collectors’ Club, 2005).

Christopher Morley, Dresser’s Decorative Design ([England]: Beresford C, 2010).

Judy Rudoe, Decorative Arts, 1850–1950: A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection (London: British Museum Press, 1991).

Michael Whiteway, ed., Christopher Dresser: A Design Revolution, exh. cat. (London: V & A Publications, 2004).

 

Articles

Francesca Vanke Altman, “‘We May Borrow What Is Good from All Peoples’: Christopher Dresser and Islamic Art,” Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 29 (2005): 42–52.

Anonymous, “The Work of Christopher Dresser,” Studio XV (1898): 104–14.

Isabelle Anscombe, “‘Knowledge is Power’: The Designs of Christopher Dresser,” Connoisseur 207 (May 1979): 54–59.

Shirley Bury, “The Silver Designs of Dr. Christopher Dresser,” Apollo (Dec. 1962).

Stuart Durant, “Christopher Dresser and the Use of Contemporary Science,” Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 29 (2005): 22–29.

Charlotte Gere, “Dr. Christopher Dresser: A Commercial Designer in the Victorian Art World,” Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 29 (2005): 8–22.

Bernard Jacqué, “The Death of Christopher Dresser in Mulhouse,” Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 29 (2005): 97–102.

Charles Newton, “Dresser and Owen Jones,” Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 29 (2005): 30–41.

Ken Tadishi Oshima, “The Evolution of Christopher Dresser’s ‘Art Botanical’

Depiction of Nature,” Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 29 (2005): 53–65.

Nikolaus Pevsner, “Pioneers of the XIXth Century: Christopher Dresser,” Architectural Review (1937): 183–86.

Peter Rose, “Christopher Dresser: From Design to Retail in the Late 19th Century,” Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 29 (2005): 84–96.

Judy Rudoe, “Design and Manufacture: Evidence from the Dixon & Sons Calculation Books,” Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 29 (2005): 66–83.

David A. Taylor, “More on Dresser in the United States,” Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 29 (2005): 103–11.

David A. Taylor with Charlotte Gere, “‘The Dadocracy’ and other Humorous Reactions to ‘Aesthetic’ Interior Decoration,” Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 29 (2005): 112–17.

Adrian Tilbrook, “Christopher Dresser’s Designs for Elkington & Co.,” Journal of the Society of Decorative Arts 9 (1985): 23–28.

 

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