Chapter 5

Christopher Dresser (1843-1904) was a Scottish designer that work with ideas that were far headof his time. He embraced the industrial movement as well as modern forms of manufacturing. Utilizing these forms of production he developed wallpaper, textiles, ceramics, glass, furniture and metalware. In his youth Dresser attended The Government School of design, Somerset. Where he pursued studies in the art of botany. House Dresser work in metalware in hinde sight was remarkable a head of its time. we see these modern style motifs in his work with his toast racks and teapots. Dresser explored simple yet elegant designs that would lend them selves to mass production; so that the middle classes could afford to have high culture items in their homes. Dresser spent a lot of time travel in Japan where he learned and was in spired by tradition japanese style of art; of which he used as an influence amongst most of his print work.