Christopher Dresser: Design Pioneer

Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) is widely regarded as Britain's first independent industrial designer. His works still look remarkably modern more than a century later.

Affordable, well-designed, functional and commercially successful, the objects that Dresser designed - wallpapers, textiles, carpets, ceramics, furniture and, most famously, metalwork - were industrially produced by manufacturers across the UK, the US and continental Europe.

This book on Dresser's work presents seventy-five of his most important pieces, each accompanied by an in-depth caption.