Principles of Decorative Design

DRESSER, Christopher

ISBN 10: 0856700622 / ISBN 13: 9780856700620

Published by St Martins Press, New York, 1973

About this Item

Reprint of an 1873 classic on Victorian decorative design. Reprint of the 1873 ed. vii, 167 p. illus. 30 cm. Book is bright, clean and unmarked with a tight, square binding and only very minor wear to the black cloth. The price-clipped dustjacket was in a poorly-fitted brodart [removed] which has allowed the DJ to ripple slightly on the reare panel, but is otherwise bright and clean. Weight, 1.02kg. Size: Quarto.

Seller Inventory # 041465

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Principles of Decorative Design
• Publisher: St Martins Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0856700622
• ISBN 13: 9780856700620
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: Modern Reprint.
• Condition: VG+
• Dust Jacket Condition: VG
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art, Architecture & Design

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Synopsis

Written as a series of essays, this book aims to aid those who seek a knowledge of ornament as applied to industrial manufacture. The author believes that ornament depends on form and form is determined by function. A pioneer of functionalism, a precursor of Art Nouveau, the author's designs have a timelessness, an assurance and certainty that have rarely been equaled.