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Christopher Dresser / Hukin & Heath Aesthetic Movement Adjustable Toast or Letter Rack 1881

CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) UK
HUKIN & HEATH Birmingham, England

Adjustable toast or letter rack 1881

Silver-plate (articulated model)

Marks: H&H, 2555, stylized fleur-de-lis touch mark

Illustrated: Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhibition catalogue Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 21.

H: 5″ x W: 6 1/2″ x D: 4″

There is another model of this toast /letter rack in the collection of the British Museum, London, as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Category: Christopher Dresser. Tags: "Adjustable", 1881, Aesthetic Movement, Hukin & Heath, Letter Rack, Toast, Christopher Dresser.

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Two other examples are recorded but with complex Victorican engraving.

Illustrated: Christopher Dresser and Japan, exh. cat. ed. by Koriyami City Museum of Art, Brain Trust Inc. (Koriyami 2002), cat. no. 114, p. 138; Christopher Dresser, ein Viktorianischer Designer, 1834-1904, (Cologne: Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln, 1981) cat. no. 15; Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhib. cat. Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 33.

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Illustration: Christopher Dresser, Widar Halen (Oxford: Phaidon, Christies Limited, 1990) p. 196, illust. 228.

For more information: Liberty Style: the classic years, 1898-1910, Mervyn Levy (New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1986); Christopher Dresser: the power of design, Christopher Wilk (New York: Zurland – Zabar, 1993).

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