Album of designs

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Artist/Maker	Dresser, Christopher (maker)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Album of designs (146) mounted on 185 sheets of white wove paper, quarter bound and containing the book-plates of Charles Edward Fewster, Hull, c.1861-8.Including ceramic designs for Minton, designs for wallpaper for Jeffrey & Co., William Cooke, John Trumble and Brinton & Lewis, and comparative charts of Celtic, Mexican, Arabic, Chinese and Greek ornament. Also tracings (54 sheets) from illuminated booksby Owen Jones, a design for a title-page for Paradise and the Peri by Thomas Moore, and other book designs.

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Category	Scotland
Object type	Design book
Titles	Album of designs 2 Albums
Materials and techniques	Pencil, ink, watercolour and metallic pigment on tracing paper (2 on linen)
Brief description	Album of designs by Christopher Dresser, c.1861-8.
Physical description	Album of designs (146) mounted on 185 sheets of white wove paper, quarter bound and containing the book-plates of Charles Edward Fewster, Hull, c.1861-8.Including ceramic designs for Minton, designs for wallpaper for Jeffrey & Co., William Cooke, John Trumble and Brinton & Lewis, and comparative charts of Celtic, Mexican, Arabic, Chinese and Greek ornament. Also tracings (54 sheets) from illuminated booksby Owen Jones, a design for a title-page for Paradise and the Peri by Thomas Moore, and other book designs.
Dimensions	Measurements: Size of covers 37.5 x 22.8 cm
Object history	Item Provenance: Provenance: Collection of Charles Edward Fewster of Hull
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1498-1987

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Record created	July 27, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O45400/album-of-designs-design-book-dresser-christopher/

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