Studies in design, plate I

Category

Library Item

Item no

30827

Title

Studies in design: for house decorators, designers and manufacturers, plate I

Description

Moorish style pattern with star shape in the centre and flowers and plant decorations inside.

Artist / maker

Dresser, Christopher

Date

1875

Size

45.0 x 31.0 cm

Type

Lithograph

Location

Art and Design Library

In this design for decorating a ceiling, Dresser combined the passion for Moresque patterns that his master Owen Jones had, with his own studies on botany. In this way, he created a very original pattern that evokes the Oriental world while the single elements used, plants and flowers, are very familiar to contemporary audience.

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