Christopher Dresser [SEP] place of death
Christopher Dresser
Christopher Dresser (4 July 1834 in Glasgow – 24 November 1904 in Mulhouse) was a designer and design theorist, now widely known as one of the first and most important, independent designers. He was a pivotal figure in the Aesthetic Movement and a major contributor to the allied Anglo-Japanese or Modern English style, both of which originated in England and had long-lasting international influence.
Biography.
Dresser was born in Glasgow, Scotland, of a Yorkshire family. At age 13, he
Dresser (surname)
Dresser is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Bob Dresser (1878–1924), American baseball player
- Christopher Dresser (1834–1904), Scottish designer and design theorist, a pivotal figure in the Aesthetic Movement
- Daniel LeRoy Dresser (1862-1915), American shipbuilder
- Denise Dresser (born 1963), Mexican political analyst, writer, and university professor
- Edith Stuyvesant Dresser (1873–1958), American philanthropist and wife of George Washington Vanderbilt II and Peter