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Christopher Dresser
[Scottish Designer, 1834-1904]
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Christopher Dresser Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Art Institute of Chicago NEW!
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas NEW!
(There is a "Download" link for zooming in on some works, but confusingly this may take a while to become active)
Design Museum, London, UK
Christopher Dresser at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
3 works online
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco NEW!
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City NEW! 
Metropolitan Museum of Art Timetable of Art History
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Artworks in the museum's collections database
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
"Works in focus:" Soup tureen
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston NEW!
Museum of Modern Art, New York City 
Includes biographical information about the artist
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Seau, 1874
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Toast rack designed, ca.1880
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina
Water Kettle and Stand
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York City
Click "visit the website" for a presentation about a 2004 exhibition
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Los Angeles County Museum of Art NEW!
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
Mint Museum of Art, North Carolina
Tri-legged Sugar Bowl
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
4 works online
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
58 works online
Philadelphia Museum of Art NEW!
Christopher Dresser at the The British Museum, London, UK
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Micro-site for a 2004 exhibition about Christopher Dresser
Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue, London, UK
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums
Quite a few works online
D'Outre Manche Database of British Art in French Public Collections
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
World Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Additional Image Search Tools:
(SafeSearch set to "strict"; go to Advanced Search (Flickr/Google) or Preferences (Bing) to change)
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Christopher Dresser 
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
The Magazine Antiques
"At Home with Christopher Dresser"
The Magazine Antiques
Image 7 in the slideshow is a decanter with glasses by Christopher Dresser
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
| Look Inside Books: | Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader. | |
| Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy.
Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon. | |
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Traditional Arts and Crafts of Japan
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Principles of Victorian Decorative Design
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