Description
Electroplated silver
h. 12.,5 cm, w. 14 cm, d. 10 cm
Design classic by Dr. Christopher Dresser, executed by Hukin & Heath,
Birmingham, H & H shape No. 2556. This basic shape with fixed bars
was sold in a version with flexible bars (articulated letter rack,
shape No. 2555)
Marks
makers mark H & H, stamped shape No. 2556
Provenance
Harry Lyons collection, London
Public collections
Victoria & Albert Museum, London;
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York
Literature
Harry Lyons, Christopher Dresser, The People’s
Designer 1834 - 1904, London 2005, plate 388, pag. 202;
Shock of the Old, Christopher Dresser’s Design Revolution,
edited by Michael Whiteway, New York/London, 2004, pag. 144;
Truth - Beauty - Power, Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834 - 1904,
exhibition catalogue Historical Design, New York, 1998, pag. 21