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Aesthetic Movement Wall Tile
Christopher Dresser1868 - 1874
Museums Victoria
Carlton, Australia
This tile was manufactured by Minton's China Works between 1868 and 1874. Although it is unsigned, the design is attributed to Christopher Dresser.Dresser was an advisor to a number of English potteries at that time. He submitted his designs anonymously, but by the late 1870s his fame was so great manufacturers began to use his name in their marketing. This design of cranes, moon and waves was reinterpreted on a number of domestic items manufactured by Minton's in the late 1870s that were marketed as being designed by Dresser.
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Details
- Title: Aesthetic Movement Wall Tile
- Creator Lifespan: 1824 - 1904
- Creator Nationality: English
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Mulhouse, United Kingdom
- Creator Birth Place: Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Date Created: 1868 - 1874
- Physical Dimensions: w201 x h201 mm
- Type: Object
- Rights: Copyright Museum Victoria: Source Museum Victoria / Photographer Benjamin Healley, Copyright Museum Victoria: Source Museum Victoria / Photographer Benjamin Healley
- External Link: Museum Victoria Collections
- Themes: Exhibitions: Melbourne International, 1880-1881
- Artist biography: Christopher Dresser won a place to attend the Government School of Design at Somerset House, London, at the age of 13. He specialised in botany, and in 1855 was appointed Professor of Artistic Botany in the Department of Science and Art, South Kensington. In 1860 Dresser set up a studio in Hammersmith, London. His success as a designer enabled him to move to Camden Hill in 1869, a then fashionable and artistic suburb of London.From 1860 until his death, Dresser spent his life designing, advising manufacturers - including a number of potteries - and publishing books and articles on design and ornament. In 1876-77, he traveled to Japan to study its architecture, art and design.
- Artist: Christopher Dresser
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