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Christopher Dresser (
Glasgow,
July 4,
1834 –
Mulhouse,
November 24,
1904) was a
designer and writer on design, now widely known as Britain’s first independent industrial designer and as a contributor to the
Anglo-Japanese and
Arts and Crafts movements in
Britain.
Dresser was born in
Glasgow, Scotland. Though trained as a
botanist, by
1857 he was writing a series of articles in
Art Journal under the title "Botany as Adapted to the Arts and Art Manufactures." He later published
The Art of Decorative Design (
1862),
The Development of Ornamental Art (1862), and
Principles of Design (
1871-72). His design work included carpets, silver and electroplate, wallpaper, pottery and glass, and metalwork. From
1879, he was appointed director of the
Linthorpe Art Pottery in
linthorpe in
Middlesbrough (although his name disappeared from the ware by
1882) and was one of the first to import
Japanese goods into Britain. Dresser took inspiration both from Japanese motifs and materials and his work showing this influence is considered archetypical of the
Anglo-Japanese style.
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